locally decodable codes
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Locally decodable codes are error-correcting codes that allow the recovery of any specific symbol of the original message by querying only a small number of positions in a possibly corrupted codeword.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coding theory concept
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error-correcting code ⓘ |
| allows |
decoding of individual message symbols
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querying only a few codeword positions ⓘ |
| application |
complexity theory
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fault-tolerant data storage ⓘ locally decodable data structures ⓘ private information retrieval schemes ⓘ |
| contrastWith |
global decoding of error-correcting codes
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locally testable codes ⓘ |
| decoderAccessPattern |
adaptive queries
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non-adaptive queries ⓘ |
| decoderType | randomized local decoder ⓘ |
| definition | codes that allow recovery of any specific symbol of the original message by querying only a small number of positions of a possibly corrupted codeword ⓘ |
| field |
coding theory
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information theory ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| goal |
recover a specific message symbol with high probability
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tolerate adversarial errors ⓘ use few queries to the codeword ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
error resilience
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local decodability ⓘ randomized decoding ⓘ sublinear-time decoding ⓘ tolerates a constant fraction of errors ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
2-query locally decodable codes
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3-query locally decodable codes ⓘ binary locally decodable codes ⓘ linear locally decodable codes ⓘ locally decodable codes over large alphabets ⓘ q-query locally decodable codes ⓘ smooth locally decodable codes ⓘ |
| lowerBoundProperty | 2-query locally decodable codes require exponential length over binary alphabets ⓘ |
| notableResearcher |
Avi Wigderson
NERFINISHED
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Kobbi Nissim NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhu Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Oded Goldreich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parameter |
alphabet size
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code length ⓘ decoding success probability ⓘ error tolerance ⓘ query complexity ⓘ rate ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
data structures
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hardness of approximation ⓘ locally testable codes ⓘ private information retrieval ⓘ probabilistically checkable proofs ⓘ sublinear algorithms ⓘ |
| researchedSince | 1990s ⓘ |
| typicalQueryComplexity |
constant number of queries
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polylogarithmic number of queries GENERATED ⓘ |
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