On the computational complexity of the rooted subtree prune and regraft distance (Q1764471)
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On the computational complexity of the rooted subtree prune and regraft distance (English)
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25 February 2005
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The paper proves that computing the rooted subtree prune and regraft distance between two rooted binary phylogenetic trees on the same label set is NP-hard -- solving a longstanding problem. (This operation cuts off a subtree and reattaches it to another part of the tree.)
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rooted phylogenetic tree
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rooted subtree prune and regraft
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