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strongly NP-hard

(definition)

Definition: The complexity class of decision problems which are still NP-hard even when all numbers in the input are bounded by some polynomial in the length of the input.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
NP-hard.

See also NP-complete, NP.

Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 34-18, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science,Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.

Author: CRC-A


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Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "strongly NP-hard", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed., U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/stronglyNP.html

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