Karp reduction

noun

Karp reduction

noun

Etymology Named after Richard Karp.

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Computing, Computing theory, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A polynomial-time algorithm for transforming inputs to one problem into inputs to another problem, such that the transformed problem has the same output as the original.

Related terms
Karp-reducible, Karp-reducibility

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