complexity theory
the study of complex and chaotic systems and how order, pattern, and structure can arise from them.
the theory that processes having a large number of seemingly independent agents can spontaneously order themselves into a coherent system.
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A couple of decades ago, Steve Cook moved on to other related problems in complexity theory.
The 50-year-old problem that eludes theoretical computer science | Siobhan Roberts | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewOne of the most important results in all of complexity theory, for instance, was achieved by David Barrington, of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1989.
The 50-year-old problem that eludes theoretical computer science | Siobhan Roberts | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewOn Monday, July 19, 2021, in the middle of another strange pandemic summer, a leading computer scientist in the field of complexity theory tweeted out a public service message about an administrative snafu at a journal.
The 50-year-old problem that eludes theoretical computer science | Siobhan Roberts | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn the coming decades he would make many foundational contributions to complexity theory — helping to elaborate which problems fall into which complexity classes under which circumstances.
Pioneers Linking Math and Computer Science Win the Abel Prize | Kevin Hartnett | March 17, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
British Dictionary definitions for complexity theory
maths the study of complex systems, including subjects such as chaos theory and genetic algorithms
computing a field in theoretical computer science dealing with the resources required during computation to solve a given problem
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Scientific definitions for complexity theory
[ kəm-plĕk′sĭ-tē ]
Any of various branches of mathematics, physics, computer science, and other fields, concerned with the emergence of order and structure in complex and apparently chaotic systems. See also chaos.
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