Automata theory is the study of abstract machines ( or more appropriately, abstract ' mathematical ' machines or systems ) and the computational problems that can be solved using these machines.

Automata are defined to study useful machines under mathematical formalism.

In 1959, he published a joint paper with Michael O. Rabin, a colleague from Princeton, entitled Finite Automata and Their Decision Problem, which introduced the idea of nondeterministic machines to automata theory.

For their joint paper " Finite Automata and Their Decision Problems ," which introduced the idea of nondeterministic machines, which has proved to be an enormously valuable concept.

* Automata theory, the study of abstract machines

* Krohn, K. R .; and Rhodes, J. L. ( 1962 ), " Algebraic theory of machines ", Proceedings of the Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Automata ( editor: Fox, J.

Automata like vending machines, automatic doors and many other ingenious devices were first built by Hellenistic engineers as Ctesibius, Philo of Byzantium and Heron.

Though it was initially envisaged that these cellular automata would run on special computers, such as MIT's " Cellular Automata Machine-8 " ( CAM-8 ), by 1996 it was realised that the model originally proposed, which required cellular automata with thousands of states, was too complex to be realised in hardware.

Automata comes from the Greek word ( Αυτόματα ) which means that something is doing something by itself.

The abbreviated term originally coined by Walt Disney as Audio-Animatronics, which is used to describe the mechanized characters, can be actually seen in the various forms as far back as Leonardo Da Vinci ’ s Automata Lion, which was theoretically built to present lilies to the King of France during one of his visits.

In the theory of computation and Automata theory, the powerset construction or subset construction is a standard method for converting a nondeterministic finite automaton ( NFA ) into a deterministic finite automaton ( DFA ) which recognizes the same formal language.

There is also Continuous Spatial Automata, which consists of an infinite number of spatially continuous, continuous-valued automata.

Automata theory is also closely related to formal language theory, as the automata are often classified by the class of formal languages they are able to recognize.

* In 1984 He featured in the computer game audio tape of " DEUS EX MACHINA " by Automata ( UK ) Ltd, released for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1984.

Automata are often classified by the class of formal languages they are able to recognize.

The article is based on lectures held by von Neumann at the University of Illinois about the " Theory and Organization of Complicated Automata " back in 1949.

The potential educational value of mechanical toys in teaching transversal skills has been recognised by the European Union education project Clockwork objects, enhanced learning: Automata Toys Construction ( CLOHE ).

He also researched more esoteric subjects, resulting in works such as Alekhine Nazi Articles ( 2002 ) on articles in favour of the Nazi Party supposedly written by world chess champion Alexander Alekhine, and the bibliographies Fake Automata in Chess ( 1994 ) and Chess Columns: A List ( 2002 ).

* " Automata ", a short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann

* " Automata ", a hardboiled science fiction crime series by Penny Arcade

The potential educational value of mechanical toys in teaching transversal skills has been recognised by the European Union education project Clockwork objects, enhanced learning: Automata Toys Construction ( CLOHE ).

* The inherent randomness of algorithms such as Hyper-encryption, Bayesian Networks, Random Neural Networks and Probabilistic Cellular Automata was harnessed by Krishna Palem et al.

* Gliders in " Life "- Like Cellular Automata by David Eppstein

* Journal of Automata, Languages and Combinatorics, an international academic journal in the field of theoretical computer science published by the university.

# von Neumann, Jon ( 1966 ) The Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata, edited and completed by Arthur W. Burks ( Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press ).

* Linear Bounded Automata by Forbes D. Lewis

* Linear Bounded Automata slides, part of Context-sensitive Languages by Arthur C. Fleck

* Linear-Bounded Automata, part of Theory of Computation syllabus, by David Matuszek

* ICALP ( International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming sponsored by the European Association of Theoretical Computer Science )

It was noteworthy for being the only national weekly computer magazine of the time, and for its backpage being dominated by an advertisement in the form of a comic strip ( Piman ) by the firm Automata between the years 1983 and 1986.

Pimania is a text-and-graphics adventure game written by Mel Croucher and released by Automata UK in 1982 for the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32, and ZX81 computers.

The Kurdish medieval scientist Al-Jazari built programmable Automata in 1206 AD.

See Von Neumann, J., 1966, The Theory of Self-reproducing Automata, A. Burks, ed., Univ.

* Jean-Michel Autebert, Jean Berstel, Luc Boasson, Context-Free Languages and Push-Down Automata, in: G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa ( eds.

* John E. Hopcroft and Jeffrey D. Ullman, Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and Computation, Addison-Wesley Publishing, Reading Massachusetts, 1979.

Automata theory and formal language theory are closely related to computability.

( 1874 ) " On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and its History ", The Fortnightly Review, n. s.

* Section 2. 2: Pushdown Automata, pp. 101 – 114.

* Jean-Michel Autebert, Jean Berstel, Luc Boasson, Context-Free Languages and Push-Down Automata, in: G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa ( eds.

The idea of self-reproducing programs first appeared in Paul Bratley and Jean Millo's article " Computer Recreations: Self-Reproducing Automata " in 1972.

* von Neumann, J., 1966, The Theory of Self-reproducing Automata, A. Burks, ed., Univ.