Optimization, approximation, and complexity classes

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Publication:1186548


DOI10.1016/0022-0000(91)90023-XzbMath0765.68036WikidataQ89894956 ScholiaQ89894956MaRDI QIDQ1186548

Christos H. Papadimitriou, Mihalis Yannakakis

Publication date: 28 June 1992

Published in: Journal of Computer and System Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)


68Q25: Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity

68Q15: Complexity classes (hierarchies, relations among complexity classes, etc.)


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