Models of Computation An Introduction to Computability Theory /

• Main Author: Fernández, Maribel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computers.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Theory of Computation.; Computation by Abstract Devices.

An Introduction to Computability Theory provides an introduction to the essential concepts in computability, using several models of computation, from Turing machines to the modern computation models inspired by quantum physics. It is addressed to advanced undergraduate students, as a complement to...

Table of Contents:

• Traditional Models of Computation
• Automata and Turing Machines
• The Lambda Calculus
• Recursive Functions
• Logic-Based Models of Computation
• Modern Models of Computation
• Computing with Objects
• Interaction-Based Models of Computation
• Concurrency
• Emergent Models of Computation
• Answers to Selected Exercises.