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Complexity Theory

Complexity Theory is a branch of theoretical computer science that classifies computational problems according to their inherent difficulty and relates these classes to one another based on the resources required for their solution.

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438

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Computational Complexity Theory

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The Complexity of Intersectionality

Leslie McCall · Signs · 2005 · 6.5K citations

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The complexity of theorem-proving procedures

Stephen Cook · 1971 · 6.2K citations · Full text

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A Complexity Measure

Thomas J. McCabe · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 1976 · 5.8K citations

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Approximate entropy as a measure of system complexity.

Steven M. Pincus · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1991 · 5.8K citations

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The Knowledge Complexity of Interactive Proof Systems

Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Micali, Charles Rackoff · SIAM Journal on Computing · 1989 · 3.3K citations

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  1. DS
    David S. Johnson

    AT&T (United States), United States

    23 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. SC
    Stephen Cook

    University of Toronto, Canada

    22 publications · 7.4K citations

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  3. RI
    Russell Impagliazzo

    University of California San Diego, United States

    21 publications · 4.1K citations

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  4. MR
    Michael R. Fellows

    University of Victoria, Canada

    22 publications · 4K citations

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  5. JC
    Jin‐Yi Cai

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    26 publications · 934 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    42 h-index

    108 publications

    18.2K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    37 h-index

    92 publications

    7.3K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    37 h-index

    90 publications

    13.9K citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    34 h-index

    78 publications

    6.5K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    32 h-index

    111 publications

    5.6K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    32 h-index

    62 publications

    9.3K citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    31 h-index

    64 publications

    11.2K citations

  8. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    29 h-index

    68 publications

    6.6K citations

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  1. SIAM Journal on Computing

    151 publications · 18.9K citations

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  2. Theoretical Computer Science

    157 publications · 10.6K citations

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  3. Journal of the ACM

    JACM · 67 publications · 9.6K citations

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  4. Journal of Computer and System Sciences

    86 publications · 11K citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 36 publications · 9.3K citations

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