complexity theory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomplexityandtheory
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complexity
noun
uk/kəmˈplek.sə.ti/us/kəmˈplek.sə.t̬i/
the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an ...
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theory
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθɪə.ri/us/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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The true nature of computational complexity may be learnt from the quantumcomplexitytheory.
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This is a common type distinction that is implicit in muchcomplexitytheory.
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Like an aggressive carcinoma, realizability stretches out its tentacles to ever more remote fields: linear logic,complexitytheoryand rewrite theory have already been infected.
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As we look at the musical world of modernity, we can see that it has been moving, for the most part, according tocomplexitytheory.
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I analyze transcriptions of exchanges taking place among multilingual individuals in multicultural settings using the ecological approach offered bycomplexitytheory.
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A good deal of computationalcomplexitytheoryconcerns trying (and occasionally succeeding) to draw a sharp boundary between the computationally feasible and the computationally infeasible.
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The primary goal of this article is practical algorithmic design, notcomplexitytheory, although a fair amount of analysis, by necessity, enters into the discussion.
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A shortlist of the new approaches in recent economics includes game theory, experimental economics, behavioral economics, evolutionary economics, neuroeconomics, and non-linearcomplexitytheory.
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Since then, a substantial literature has developed in quantum algorithms and quantumcomplexitytheory.
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This is well-known as the class of elementary sets, and was studied by logicians beforecomplexitytheorybegan.
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Classicalcomplexitytheoryclassifies languages on the basis of the difficulty of deciding whether a given input string belongs to the language.
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I think that new things like quantum theory andcomplexitytheoryare a good direction but there is still so much in the universe that is completely overlooked by science.
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Fortunately, the authors provide a twenty-five-page glossary, organized in categories such as ethnography and sociology, networks and graph theory, kinship and social organization,complexitytheory, and so on.
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Work directly relating programming languages andcomplexitytheory.
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The material will be found challenging by many, perhaps even most, students; but surely no more so than comparable topics of foundational significance, such as computability theory orcomplexitytheory.
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Complexitytheoryis traditionally used to classify hardness of decision problems, so we need to link decision problems with programs and their computations.
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Important results incomplexitytheoryallow us to relate this complexity class with other classes, telling us about the relative power of the resources involved.
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His work on regulation addressescomplexitytheoryand the law as well as the role of peer review and science in environmental regulation.
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