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Increasing the experimentation of theoretical computer science with new features in JFLAP

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Susan H. Rodger,

Julian Genkins,

Ian McMahon,

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ITiCSE '13: Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2462476.2466521

Published: 01 July 2013 Publication History

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JFLAP is an educational software tool for experimenting with several types of automata, grammars and proofs related to the area of theoretical computer science. For example, one can create an NFA, convert it to a DFA, minimize the number of states in the DFA, convert it to a regular expression or convert it to a regular grammar. Once created, one can simulate test strings. JFLAP includes a large number of topics and proofs to experiment with from the regular languages, context-free languages, recursively enumerable languages and l-systems. This poster describes several new features in a redesign of JFLAP that includes a more flexible grammar representation, explicit formal definitions, basic set theory tools, and new algorithms.

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Increasing the experimentation of theoretical computer science with new features in JFLAP
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
      1. Visual languages
    2. Formal language definitions
2. Theory of computation
  1. Formal languages and automata theory

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ITiCSE '13: Proceedings of the 18th ACM conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education

July 2013

384 pages

ISBN:9781450320788

DOI:10.1145/2462476

General Chair:
Janet Carter
University of Kent, UK
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Ian Utting
University of Kent, UK
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Alison Clear
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, NZ

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Tran KBacher JShi YSkripchuk JPrice T(2024)Overcoming Barriers in Scaling Computing Education Research Programming Tools: A Developer's PerspectiveProceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 110.1145/3632620.3671113(312-325)Online publication date: 12-Aug-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3632620.3671113
Blanchard JHott JBerry VCarroll REdmison BGlassey RKarnalim OPlancher BRussell SQuille KAlshaigy BBecker BQuille KLaakso M(2022)Stop Reinventing the Wheel! Promoting Community Software in Computing EducationProceedings of the 2022 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education10.1145/3571785.3574129(261-292)Online publication date: 27-Dec-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3571785.3574129
Nicolalde-Rodriguez DUrquiza-Fuentes J(2018)Educational Impact of Syntax Directed Translation Visualization, a Preliminary Study2018 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)10.1109/VLHCC.2018.8506537(313-314)Online publication date: Oct-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2018.8506537

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