Communication Complexity
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Communication Complexity is a subfield of theoretical computer science that studies how much communication is required between parties to jointly compute a function of their distributed inputs.
All labels observed (1)
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| Communication Complexity canonical | 2 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communication Complexity Context triple: [Theoretical Computer Science, hasSubfield, Communication Complexity]
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Communication
"Communication" is a popular trance track by Dutch DJ and producer Armin van Buuren, widely regarded as one of his early breakthrough releases.
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Communication
"Communication" is a 1983 synth-pop single by British band Spandau Ballet, known for its catchy melody and polished New Romantic style.
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Communication Problems
"Communication Problems" is a celebrated episode of the British sitcom *Fawlty Towers*, known for its farcical misunderstandings involving a hard-of-hearing guest and Basil Fawlty’s increasingly desperate attempts to hide his misdeeds.
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Intensified Dialogue
Intensified Dialogue is a formal NATO consultation and cooperation framework offered to interested partner countries as a step toward possible future membership.
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Views on individual communications
Views on individual communications are authoritative decisions issued by the UN Human Rights Committee on complaints brought by individuals alleging violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Communication Complexity Target entity description: Communication Complexity is a subfield of theoretical computer science that studies how much communication is required between parties to jointly compute a function of their distributed inputs.
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A.
Communication
"Communication" is a popular trance track by Dutch DJ and producer Armin van Buuren, widely regarded as one of his early breakthrough releases.
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B.
Communication
"Communication" is a 1983 synth-pop single by British band Spandau Ballet, known for its catchy melody and polished New Romantic style.
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C.
Communication Problems
"Communication Problems" is a celebrated episode of the British sitcom *Fawlty Towers*, known for its farcical misunderstandings involving a hard-of-hearing guest and Basil Fawlty’s increasingly desperate attempts to hide his misdeeds.
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D.
Intensified Dialogue
Intensified Dialogue is a formal NATO consultation and cooperation framework offered to interested partner countries as a step toward possible future membership.
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E.
Views on individual communications
Views on individual communications are authoritative decisions issued by the UN Human Rights Committee on complaints brought by individuals alleging violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
area of computational complexity theory
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subfield of theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| analyzes | number of bits exchanged between parties ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
VLSI complexity
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communication networks ⓘ data stream algorithms ⓘ distributed algorithms ⓘ parallel computing ⓘ |
| focusesOn | joint computation of a function of distributed inputs ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalText |
Communication Complexity by Eyal Kushilevitz and Noam Nisan
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linked to:
Communication Complexity (book)
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| hasKeyProblem |
disjointness lower bounds
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equality problem ⓘ gap Hamming distance problem ⓘ greater-than problem ⓘ indexing problem ⓘ inner product problem ⓘ pointer chasing problem ⓘ set disjointness problem ⓘ |
| hasKeyResult |
Karchmer–Wigderson games
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direct product theorems ⓘ direct sum theorems ⓘ log-rank conjecture ⓘ lower bounds for disjointness ⓘ round elimination lemmas ⓘ |
| hasKeyTool |
corruption bound
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discrepancy method ⓘ factorization norms ⓘ fooling set method ⓘ information-theoretic methods ⓘ partition bound ⓘ rank method ⓘ rectangle bounds ⓘ |
| hasResearcher |
Andrew Yao
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Avi Wigderson ⓘ Eyal Kushilevitz ⓘ László Lovász ⓘ Noam Nisan ⓘ Ran Raz ⓘ |
| includesModel |
multi-party communication model
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number-in-hand model ⓘ number-on-forehead model ⓘ |
| provides |
lower bounds for circuit complexity
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lower bounds for data structures ⓘ lower bounds for distributed computing ⓘ lower bounds for property testing ⓘ lower bounds for streaming algorithms ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
circuit complexity
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coding theory ⓘ game theory ⓘ information theory ⓘ proof complexity ⓘ pseudorandomness ⓘ |
| studies |
amount of communication required to compute functions
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communication required between distributed parties ⓘ |
| typicallyInvolves | two-party communication model ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
communication protocol
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deterministic communication complexity ⓘ distributional complexity ⓘ information complexity ⓘ interactive communication protocols ⓘ nondeterministic communication complexity ⓘ one-way communication protocols ⓘ private-coin protocols ⓘ public-coin protocols ⓘ quantum communication complexity ⓘ randomized communication complexity ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Communication Complexity Description of subject: Communication Complexity is a subfield of theoretical computer science that studies how much communication is required between parties to jointly compute a function of their distributed inputs.
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