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algorithms× 1038
Questions related to design and analysis of algorithms
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complexity-theory× 538
Questions related to the (computational) complexity of solving problems
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formal-languages× 370
Questions related to formal languages, grammars, and automata theory
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graph-theory× 272
Questions about properties of and problems on graphs, discrete data structures that have the form of nodes connected by edges, that is networks.
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terminology× 270
Questions about how specific notions have to be understood as well as conventions of notation.
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computability× 224
Questions related to computability theory, a.k.a. recursion theory
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reference-request× 212
if you ask for pointers to material for self-study.
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algorithm-analysis× 211
Questions about the science and art of determining properties of algorithms, often including correctness, runtime and space usage.
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data-structures× 201
Questions about ways of storing data so that it can be used advantageously by algorithms.
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graphs× 188
Questions about graphs, discrete structures of nodes which are connected by edges. Popular flavors are trees and networks with edge capacity.
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regular-languages× 188
Questions about properties of the class of regular languages and individual languages.
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time-complexity× 185
the amount of time resources (number of atomic operations or machine steps)
required to solve a problem or run an algorithm with respect to the input size.
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turing-machines× 181
Questions about Turing machines, a theoretical model of mechanical computation capable of simulating any computer program.
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context-free× 178
Questions about the set of languages (equivalently) described by context-free grammars or accepted by (non-deterministic) pushdown automata.
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automata× 158
Questions about mathematical devices that read an input stream symbol by symbol and use a state transition map to produce an output stream, maybe using secondary storage.
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np-complete× 152
Questions about the hardest problems in NP, i.e. of those that can be solved in polynomial time by nondeterministic Turing machines.
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formal-grammars× 144
Questions about formal grammars, generative descriptions of formal languages.
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asymptotics× 142
Questions about asymptotic notations and analysis
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reductions× 140
Questions about finding mappings between problems that allow solving one problem using a solution of another one.
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finite-automata× 139
Questions about finite automata, an elementary automaton model with finite memory. It is equivalent to regular languages and the basis for many more complex models.
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programming-languages× 127
Questions related to design, implementation, and analysis of programming languages
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logic× 119
Questions related to logic and its use in computer science
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optimization× 115
Questions about problems that entail selecting the best element from some set of available alternatives, and methods to solve them.
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machine-learning× 108
Questions about computer algorithms that automatically discover patterns in data and make good decisions based on them.
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proof-techniques× 104
Questions about methods and techniques for proving theorems.
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combinatorics× 95
Questions related to combinatorics and discrete mathematical structures
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runtime-analysis× 93
Questions about methods for estimating the increase in runtime of an algorithm as the input size increases.
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undecidability× 86
Questions about problems which cannot be solved by any Turing machine.
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computational-geometry× 80
Questions algorithmic solutions of geometric problems.
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artificial-intelligence× 80
Questions about design and properties of agents that act in a dynamic environment and make decisions towards some goal without user control.
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recurrence-relation× 74
a definition of a sequence where later elements are expressed as a function of earlier elements.
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probability-theory× 71
Questions about the branch of mathematics concerned with modelling and analysing random phenomena.
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operating-systems× 69
Questions about the principles of software that interfaces between hardware and applications.
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computer-architecture× 68
Organization and design of computer hardware.
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dynamic-programming× 64
Questions about problems that can be solved by combining recursively obtained solutions of subproblems.
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binary-trees× 63
a tree in which each node has no more than two children
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