CSE2303

Formal methods I ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader:

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2006 (Day)
Malaysia First semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: Introduction to formal languages and logic. Topics include regular expressions, finite automata, nondeterministic finite automata, Moore machines, Mealy machines, grammars, pushdown automata, Turing machines, propositional logic, predicate logic, and resolution.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Laboratory work: 30%

Contact Hours: Two hours of lectures per week and one 1-hour tutorial and 3 hours of laboratory class per fortnight

Prerequisites: CSE1301 or CSC1011 and either 12 points of approved first-year mathemtics units (or equivalent), or 6 points of approved first-year mathematics units (or equivalent) as a prerequisite and 6 points of approved first-year mathematics units (or equivalent) as a corequisite.

Prohibitions: CSC2030