Overview
- Editors:
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Grzegorz Rozenberg
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Department of Computer Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Arto Salomaa
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Turku Centre for Computer Science Data City, Turku, Finland
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxiv
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- Alexandru Mateescu, Arto Salomaa
Pages 1-39
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- Jean-Michel Autebert, Jean Berstel, Luc Boasson
Pages 111-174
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- Alexandru Mateescu, Arto Salomaa
Pages 175-251
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- Lila Kari, Grzegorz Rozenberg, Arto Salomaa
Pages 253-328
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- Christian Choffrut, Juhani Karhumäki
Pages 329-438
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- Tero Harju, Juhani Karhumäki
Pages 439-510
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- Helmut Jürgensen, Stavros Konstantinidis
Pages 511-607
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- Aldo de Luca, Stefano Varricchio
Pages 747-810
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- Gheorghe Păun, Arto Salomaa
Pages 811-861
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Back Matter
Pages 863-873
About this book
The need for a comprehensive survey-type exposition on formal languages and related mainstream areas of computer science has been evident for some years. If! the early 1970s, when the book Formal Languages by the second quite feasible to write a comprehensive mentioned editor appeared, it was still book with that title and include also topics of current research interest. This would not be possible anymore. A standard-sized book on formal languages would either have to stay on a fairly low level or else be specialized and restricted to some narrow sector of the field. The setup becomes drastically different in a collection of contributions, where the best authorities in the world join forces, each of them concentrat ing on their own areas of specialization. The present three-volume Handbook constitutes such a unique collection. In these three volumes we present the current state of the art in formal language theory. We were most satisfied with the enthusiastic response given to our request for contributions by specialists representing various subfields. The need for a Handbook of Formal Languages was in many answers expressed in different ways: as an easily accessible his torical reference, a general source of information, an overall course-aid, and a compact collection of material for self-study. We are convinced that the final result will satisfy such various needs. The theory of formal languages constitutes the stem or backbone of the field of science now generally known as theoretical computer science.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Computer Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Grzegorz Rozenberg
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Turku Centre for Computer Science Data City, Turku, Finland
Arto Salomaa
