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
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2138552

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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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