Exact Cover

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf theoretical computer science
gptkbp:application resource allocation
scheduling
puzzle solving
gptkbp:complexity NP-complete
gptkbp:defines Given a collection of subsets, does there exist a subcollection that covers every element exactly once?
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
computer science
gptkbp:generalizes set cover problem
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase hitting set problem
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Exact Cover
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Richard_M._Karp
gptkbp:introducedIn 1972
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Latin_square
gptkb:set_theory
gptkb:Sudoku
combinatorics
NP-complete problem
polyomino tiling
gptkbp:solvedBy gptkb:Algorithm_X
gptkb:Dancing_Links
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Karp's_21_NP-complete_problems
gptkb:Reducibility_Among_Combinatorial_Problems_(Karp,_1972)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6