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NP-hardness
Known as:
NP-Hard Problem
, NP-hard
, NP
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NP-hardness (non-deterministic polynomial-time hard), in computational complexity theory, is a class of problems that are, informally, "at least as…
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2012
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2012
On Maximizing the Lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks Using Virtual Backbone Scheduling
Yaxiong Zhao
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Jie Wu
,
Feng Li
,
Sanglu Lu
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed…
2012
Corpus ID: 1801603
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are key for various applications that involve long-term and low-cost monitoring and actuating. In…
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
A multi-objective scatter search for a dynamic cell formation problem
M. A. Bajestani
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M. Rabbani
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Alireza Rahimi-Vahed
,
G. B. Khoshkhou
Computers & Operations Research
2009
Corpus ID: 41272225
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Joint optimization of segmentation and appearance models
S. Vicente
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V. Kolmogorov
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C. Rother
IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision
2009
Corpus ID: 8317980
Many interactive image segmentation approaches use an objective function which includes appearance models as an unknown variable…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Dynamic Multiple Fault Diagnosis: Mathematical Formulations and Solution Techniques
Satnam Singh
,
Kihoon Choi
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+6 authors
Liu Qiao
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and…
2009
Corpus ID: 8074719
Imperfect test outcomes, due to factors such as unreliable sensors, electromagnetic interference, and environmental conditions…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Hardware-software partitioning in embedded system design
P. Arató
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S. Juhász
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Z. Mann
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A. Orbán
,
D. Papp
IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent…
2003
Corpus ID: 808295
One of the most crucial steps in the design of embedded systems is hardware-software partitioning, i.e. deciding which components…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Hybrid genetic algorithm for the economic lot-scheduling problem
I. Moon
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E. Silver
,
S. Choi
2002
Corpus ID: 109652426
The economic lot-scheduling problem (ELSP) is an important production scheduling problem that has been intensively studied over…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Simultaneous shield insertion and net ordering for capacitive and inductive coupling minimization
Lei He
,
Kevin M. Lepak
ACM International Symposium on Physical Design
2000
Corpus ID: 772918
In this paper, we first show that existing net ordering formulations to minimize noise are no longer valid with presence of…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Routing with end to end QoS guarantees in broadband networks
A. Orda
Proceedings. IEEE INFOCOM '98, the Conference on…
1998
Corpus ID: 13971995
We consider routing schemes for connections with end to end delay requirements, and investigate several fundamental problems…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
DNA models and algorithms for NP-complete problems
E. Bach
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A. Condon
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E. Glaser
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Celena Tanguay
Proceedings of Computational Complexity (Formerly…
1996
Corpus ID: 527297
A goal of research on DNA computing is to solve problems that are beyond the capabilities of the fastest silicon-based…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
An evaluation of local improvement operators for genetic algorithms
John A. Miller
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W. Potter
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R. V. Gandham
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C. N. Lapena
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
1993
Corpus ID: 1785855
Genetic algorithms have demonstrated considerable success in providing good solutions to many NP-hard optimization problems. For…
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