In computational complexity theory, P, also known as PTIME or DTIME(nO(1)), is a fundamental complexity class. It contains all decision problems that can...
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Complexity characterizes the behavior of a system or model whose components interact in multiple ways and follow local rules, leading to non-linearity...
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particular, no program P computing a lower bound for each text's Kolmogorov complexity can return a value essentially larger than P's own length (see section...
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In computational complexity theory, a complexity class is a set of computational problems "of related resource-based complexity". The two most commonly...
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science P = ? N P {\displaystyle {\mathsf {P\ {\overset {?}{=}}\ NP}}} More unsolved problems in computer science In computational complexity theory...
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the roles of computational complexity theory is to determine the practical limits on what computers can and cannot do. The P versus NP problem, one of...
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PSPACE (redirect from AP (complexity))
P = ? P S P A C E {\displaystyle {\mathsf {P{\overset {?}{=}}PSPACE}}} More unsolved problems in computer science In computational complexity theory...
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Proving that N P ⊈ P / p o l y {\displaystyle {\mathsf {NP}}\not \subseteq {\mathsf {P/poly}}} would separate P and NP (see below). Complexity classes defined...
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In computer science, the computational complexity or simply complexity of an algorithm is the amount of resources required to run it. Particular focus...
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extension complexity of a convex polytope P {\displaystyle P} is the smallest number of facets among convex polytopes Q {\displaystyle Q} that have P {\displaystyle...
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"statistical complexity" by James P. Crutchfield and Karl Young. Grassberger, P. (1986). "Toward a quantitative theory of self-generated complexity". International...
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the time complexity is the computational complexity that describes the amount of computer time it takes to run an algorithm. Time complexity is commonly...
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In computational complexity theory, L (also known as LSPACE, LOGSPACE or DLOGSPACE) is the complexity class containing decision problems that can be solved...
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In computational complexity theory, the complexity class #P (pronounced "sharp P" or, sometimes "number P" or "hash P") is the set of the counting problems...
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could be automated. The relation between the complexity classes P and NP is studied in computational complexity theory, the part of the theory of computation...
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input, but not on the input itself. A decision problem is in the complexity class P/f(n) if there is a polynomial time Turing machine M with the following...
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In computer science, parameterized complexity is a branch of computational complexity theory that focuses on classifying computational problems according...
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In computational complexity theory, the complexity class FNP is the function problem extension of the decision problem class NP. The name is somewhat...
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(or "most expressive") problems in the complexity class. More formally, a problem p is called hard for a complexity class C under a given type of reduction...
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in computer science In computational complexity theory, NL (Nondeterministic Logarithmic-space) is the complexity class containing decision problems that...
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In computational complexity theory, the complexity class FP is the set of function problems that can be solved by a deterministic Turing machine in polynomial...
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complexity classes PSPACE and NPSPACE allow f {\displaystyle f} to be any polynomial, analogously to P and NP. That is, P S P A C E = ⋃ c ∈ Z + D S P...
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In computational complexity theory, the complement of a decision problem is the decision problem resulting from reversing the yes and no answers. Equivalently...
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In theoretical computer science, communication complexity studies the amount of communication required to solve a problem when the input to the problem...
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Cyclomatic complexity is a software metric used to indicate the complexity of a program. It is a quantitative measure of the number of linearly independent...
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In complexity theory, ZPP (zero-error probabilistic polynomial time) is the complexity class of problems for which a probabilistic Turing machine exists...
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In complexity theory, PP, or PPT is the class of decision problems solvable by a probabilistic Turing machine in polynomial time, with an error probability...
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Logical depth (category Computational complexity theory)
Logical depth is a measure of complexity for individual strings devised by Charles H. Bennett based on the computational complexity of an algorithm that can...
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#P-complete problems (pronounced "sharp P complete", "number P complete", or "hash P complete") form a complexity class in computational complexity theory...
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The P convention in communication p-value, in statistical hypothesis testing P (complexity), a complexity class in computational complexity theory #P complexity...
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