MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

THEORY OF COMPUTATION

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Automata theory is the study of
A
theorems
B
machines
C
computation
D
grammars
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Automata theory is the study of abstract machines and automata, as well as the computational problems that can be solved using them. It is a theory in theoretical computer science. The word automata comes from the Greek word , which means “self-acting, self-willed, self-moving".

Detailed explanation-2: -Theory of automata is a theoretical branch of computer science and mathematical. It is the study of abstract machines and the computation problems that can be solved using these machines. The abstract machine is called the automata. An automaton with a finite number of states is called a Finite automaton.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is closely linked with automata theory, as automata are used to generate and recognize formal languages. There are several classes of formal languages, each allowing more complex language specification than the one before it, i.e. Chomsky hierarchy, and each corresponding to a class of automata which recognizes it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Theory of computation (TOC) is a branch of Computer Science that is concerned with how problems can be solved using algorithms and how efficiently they can be solved. Real-world computers perform computations that by nature run like mathematical models to solve problems in systematic ways.

Detailed explanation-5: -The major objective of automata theory is to develop methods by which computer scientists can describe and analyze the dynamic behavior of discrete systems, in which signals are sampled periodically.

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