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The Design of ADAT: A Tool for Assessing Automata-Based Assignments

Zarina Shukur and Nurul Fatihah Mohamed

Abstract

This study describes the design of an automatic assessment system for assessing an automata-based assignment. Automata concept is taught in several undergraduate computing courses such as Theory of Computation, Automata and Formal Languages and Compilers. We take two elements into consideration when assessing the student's answers; static element and dynamic element. The static element involves the number of states (initial and final as well) and the number of transitions. Whilst the dynamic aspect involves executing the automata against several test data. In this work, we rely heavily on the JFLAP for drawing and executing the automata.

Journal of Computer Science
Volume 4 No. 5, 2008, 415-420

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2008.415.420

Submitted On: 7 May 2008 Published On: 31 May 2008

How to Cite: Shukur, Z. & Mohamed, N. F. (2008). The Design of ADAT: A Tool for Assessing Automata-Based Assignments. Journal of Computer Science, 4(5), 415-420. https://doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2008.415.420

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Keywords

  • Automatic assessment
  • marking tool
  • automata diagram assessment