(definition)
Definition: The complexity class of decision problems which are still NP-hard even when all numbers in the input are bounded by some polynomial in the length of the input.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
NP-hard.
See also NP-complete, NP.
Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 34-18, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science,Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.
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