MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

THEORY OF COMPUTATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Theory of Computation is divided into Complexity Theory, Computability Theory and Automata Theory.
A
YES
B
NO
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In theoretical computer science, the theory of computation is the branch that deals with whether and how efficiently problems can be solved on a model of computation, using an algorithm. The field is divided into three major branches: automata theory, computability theory and computational complexity theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Put succinctly, computability theory is concerned with what can be computed versus what cannot; complexity is concerned with the resources required to compute the things that are computable.

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