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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   An Analysis of Phase Transition in NK Landscapes

   Gao and Culberson · Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research · 2002

   The paper studies the decision version of NK landscapes under two random models, finding that the phase transition appears easy for the uniform probability model and, with support from experiments, for the fixed ratio model.

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   1. UncheckedFor the fixed ratio NK landscape model, the paper sets upper bounds on the solubility threshold and shows instances above them are solvable in polynomial time.“For the fixed ratio model, we establish several upper bounds for the solubility threshold, and prove that random instances with parameters above these upper bounds can be solved polynomially.”
   2. UncheckedFor the uniform probability model of NK landscapes, a polynomial-time algorithm solves a random instance with probability tending to 1 as problem size grows.“For the uniform probability model, we prove that the phase transition is easy in the sense that there is a polynomial algorithm that can solve a random instance of the problem with the probability asymptotic to 1 as the problem size tends to infinity.”

2. Computer Science › Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization

   Phase transition in a random NK landscape model

   Choi, Jung and Kim · Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) · 2005

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   1. Unchecked“The results show the phase transition around z = z0 for NK(n,2,z).”