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Record 1 2022-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Computational complexity theory is a mathematical research area in which the goal is to quantify the resources required to solve computational problems. It is concerned with algorithms, which are computational methods for solving problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques informatiques
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Théorie qui cherche à déterminer le nombre minimal de composants nécessaires pour effectuer une tâche donnée.

CONT

La théorie de la complexité est le domaine des mathématiques, et plus précisément de l'informatique théorique, qui étudie formellement le temps de calcul, l'espace mémoire [...] requis par un algorithme pour résoudre un problème algorithmique.

Spanish

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