basics of automata theory
Introduction to Automata Theory's Foundations The fascinating theoretical area of computer science known as automata theory. It got its start in the 20th century, when mathematicians started creating machines that mimicked certain aspects of humans and could perform computations more rapidly and accurately. The word "automaton" itself, which is closely related to the term, refers to automatic processes that carry out the creation of particular processes. Automata theory, as its name suggests, is concerned with the logic of computation with respect to simple machines, or automata. Computer scientists can better understand how machines compute functions and solve problems by using automata, as well as what it means to define a function as computable or to describe a question as decidable. Robots are conceptual models. Automatons are simplified representations of machines that operate on inputs by switching between several states or configurations. A transition function cho