Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness (Series of Books in the Mathematical Sciences) 1st Edition by Michael R. Garey (PDF)

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⭐I have to say that this is a true classic. It gives a very nice treatment of what is NP-completeness in a fashion that really defends the topic well. It gives nice illustrations to show different situations and how to deal with it. But after the first couple of chapters it does get a little out there with the proofs it does. It is still approachable, but it assumes that the reader is already familiar with the basics of combinatorial complexity, especially in reductions. I would only recommend this book to readers who has gone through such books as Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et al. or Combinatorial Complexity by Papadimitriou and Steiglitz. Those two books are more for beginners and this book should be one to help anyone interested in NP-complete problems to get more practice and depth understanding. Overall a great book for anyone interested in the topic. The grand challenge is to reduce everything to at least something within the 150 problems listed on your own.

⭐This small book contains an excellent discussion of problems of computation that have not yet been solved, and might never be, from a rigorous mathematical POV. It’s not easy reading, but if you want to understand the limits of computation, you should have this on your shelf and make time to absorb its contents.

⭐clear and fast thank you

⭐I bought this text at the suggestion of my professor. This is a challenging book but very well written and a great resource for understanding the theory with plenty of examples.

⭐My professor loves this book, but those of us who have not studied NP Completeness proofs before found it frustrating. Some people were convinced that it was meant a companion to another text. What if felt like to me was a heavily condensed/abridged version of a longer book.

⭐Not for the soft at heart, but gives a good explanation of the NP world…

⭐A bit of a tough read. Have pencil and paper ready, but well worth the effort. Requires some abstract math background to make sense of it.

⭐excellent book, served all my purposes. It is not a book for beginners, yet it is easily assimilated to those who are starting to understand the field.

⭐This is THE book to have if you are looking at P v NP problems, and NP completeness. It covers the theory, and then provides a list of a problems that are NP-complete, broken down into sections, with details of how the problem has been proved to be NP-complete, i.e., by giving the transformations needed to transform one problem to the other.It’s out of date (there are lots of other problems that have been proved to be NP-complete since it was written) but it’s a invaluable resource and will be in the reference list for any work on the topic.

⭐It’s very good and very well explained.I’m studying it now.

⭐A must have when working in algorithmics and software design that has to tackle with complex problems.

⭐Ancienne publication mais fait encore office de référence pour tous ceux qui s’intéressent à la théorie de la complexité.Petit bémol : il faut aimer l’anglais…The book was in a good condition.

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