Computers and Intractability

Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness is a textbook by Michael Garey and David S. Johnson. It was the first book exclusively on the theory of NP-completeness and computational intractability. The book features an appendix providing a thorough compendium of NP-complete problems (which was updated in later printings of the book). The book is now outdated in some respects as it does not cover more recent development such as the PCP theorem. It is nevertheless still in print and is regarded as a classic: in a 2006 study, the CiteSeer search engine listed the book as the most cited reference in computer science literature.

Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness
AuthorMichael R. Garey and David S. Johnson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesA Series of Books in the Mathematical Sciences
SubjectComputer science
GenreTextbook
PublisherW. H. Freeman and Company
Publication date
1979
Media typePrint
Pagesx+338
ISBN0-7167-1045-5
OCLC247570676
519.4
LC ClassQA76.6 .G35
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