CSC 445 - Theory of Computation

Institution:

The College of New Jersey

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Description:

Prerequisite: CSC 270 with a grade of C or higher This course focuses on the traditional, theory of computation consisting of three subareas: (1) computability, (2) complexity, and (3) formal languages and automata. Topics include: finite automata, regular expressions/languages, push-down automata, context-free grammars/languages, Turing machines, Church-Turing thesis, decidability/undecidability, reducibility, and time/space complexity including NP-completeness.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.tcnj.edu

Phone Number:

(609) 771-1855

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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