Theoretical computer science 210


 
Module code COS 210
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Module content

This module introduces students to a framework for investigating both computability and complexity of problems. Topics include, but are not limited to: finite-state machines, regular expressions and their application in a language such as awk, the Halting problem, context-free grammars, P vs NP problem, NP-complete class, reduction techniques, regular languages, DFAs and NFAs, Lattices, Church-Turing thesis.

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites COS 110 and COS 151
Contact time 2 lectures per week, 1 practical per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Computer Science
Period of presentation Semester 1

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