complexity theory

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meanings of complexityand theory

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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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Examples of complexity theory

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The true nature of computational complexity may be learnt from the quantum complexitytheory.
This is a common type distinction that is implicit in much complexitytheory.
Like an aggressive carcinoma, realizability stretches out its tentacles to ever more remote fields: linear logic, complexitytheory and rewrite theory have already been infected.
As we look at the musical world of modernity, we can see that it has been moving, for the most part, according to complexitytheory.
I analyze transcriptions of exchanges taking place among multilingual individuals in multicultural settings using the ecological approach offered by complexitytheory.
A good deal of computational complexitytheory concerns trying (and occasionally succeeding) to draw a sharp boundary between the computationally feasible and the computationally infeasible.
The primary goal of this article is practical algorithmic design, not complexitytheory, although a fair amount of analysis, by necessity, enters into the discussion.
A shortlist of the new approaches in recent economics includes game theory, experimental economics, behavioral economics, evolutionary economics, neuroeconomics, and non-linear complexitytheory.
Since then, a substantial literature has developed in quantum algorithms and quantum complexitytheory.
This is well-known as the class of elementary sets, and was studied by logicians before complexitytheory began.
Classical complexitytheory classifies languages on the basis of the difficulty of deciding whether a given input string belongs to the language.
I think that new things like quantum theory and complexitytheory are a good direction but there is still so much in the universe that is completely overlooked by science.
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.
Work directly relating programming languages and complexitytheory.
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 or complexitytheory.
Complexitytheory is traditionally used to classify hardness of decision problems, so we need to link decision problems with programs and their computations.
Important results in complexitytheory allow 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 addresses complexitytheory and the law as well as the role of peer review and science in environmental regulation.
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