Three Theorems Regarding Testing Graph Properties

Random Structures and Algorithms

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-57

  Goldreich, Oded ^a   Trevisan, Luca ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graph properties; Monotone properties; NP; Property testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042806309     PISSN: 10429832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rsa.10078     Document Type: Article

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