Garey and Johnson: Computers and Intractability

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"Garey and Johnson: Computers and Intractability" is a foundational textbook in theoretical computer science that systematically develops the theory of NP-completeness and computational complexity.

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instanceOf book
textbook
theoretical computer science literature
author David S. Johnson NERFINISHED
Michael R. Garey NERFINISHED
canonicalAbbreviation G&J NERFINISHED
citationFrequency high
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
coversConcept NP class
NP-complete problems
NP-hard problems
P class
polynomial-time reduction
reduction between decision problems
field computer science
focus worst-case complexity
hasSection catalog of NP-complete problems
introduction to computational complexity
techniques for proving NP-completeness
influenced computer science education
design and analysis of algorithms
research in computational complexity theory
language English
notableFor comprehensive catalog of NP-complete problems
formalization of polynomial-time reductions
systematic development of NP-completeness theory
publicationYear 1979
publisher W. H. Freeman and Company NERFINISHED
relatedTo Cook–Levin theorem NERFINISHED
Karp’s 21 NP-complete problems NERFINISHED
P versus NP problem NERFINISHED
shortTitle Garey and Johnson NERFINISHED
status classic in theoretical computer science
subfield computational complexity
theoretical computer science
subject NP-completeness NERFINISHED
P versus NP NERFINISHED
algorithmic intractability
complexity classes
computational complexity theory
decision problems
reduction techniques
timeComplexityModel Turing machine model
typicalCourseUsage complexity theory courses
theory of computation courses
usedAs graduate-level textbook
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David S. Johnson authorOf Garey and Johnson: Computers and Intractability
this entity surface form: Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness
NP-completeness centralReference Garey and Johnson: Computers and Intractability