Course overview
Event-driven systems are the backbone of modern computer systems and services. This course explores the fundamental principles behind these systems; Finite State Automata, their behaviour and implementation; Correspondence with regular expressions; Examples of embedded systems; Introduction to interconnected state machines, Petri Nets, and concurrency. We'll also explore modern approaches to event-driven systems; Reactive Programming; event streams, and observable data.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe the different ways a finite-state machine can be represented
- Explain how a finite state machine recognises an input string
- Explain how a non-deterministic finite state machine works
- Explain the behaviour of regular expressions
- Translate a regular expression into a corresponding finite-state machine
- Use Mealy and Moore Machines to develop advanced event-driven systems
- Understand and apply modern approaches to event-driven systems
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 29368
Section LE01
Size 100
Available 100
Class number 28449
Section WS01
Size 10
Available 10
Class number 28448
Section WS02
Size 10
Available 10
Class number 28447
Section WS03
Size 10
Available 10
Class number 28446
Section WS04
Size 10
Available 10
Class number 28445
Section WS05
Size 10
Available 10
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 58996
Section LE01
Size 120
Available 120
Class number 53479
Section WS01
Size 15
Available 15
Class number 53478
Section WS02
Size 15
Available 15
Class number 53477
Section WS03
Size 15
Available 15
Class number 53476
Section WS04
Size 15
Available 15
Class number 53475
Section WS05
Size 15
Available 15
Class number 59578
Section WS06
Size 15
Available 15
Class number 59577
Section WS07
Size 15
Available 15
Class number 59576
Section WS08
Size 15
Available 15
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