Query Order

dc.creatorHemaspaandra, Lane A.
dc.creatorHempel, Harald
dc.creatorWechsung, Gerd
dc.date1999-09-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:24:22Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:24:22Z
dc.descriptionWe study the effect of query order on computational power, and show that $\pjk$-the languages computable via a polynomial-time machine given one query to the jth level of the boolean hierarchy followed by one query to the kth level of the boolean hierarchy-equals $\redttnp{j+2k-1}$ if j is even and k is odd, and equals $\redttnp{j+2k}$ otherwise. Thus, unless the polynomial hierarchy collapses, it holds that for each $1\leq j \leq k$: $\pjk = \pkj \iff (j=k) \lor (j{is even} \land k=j+1)$. We extend our analysis to apply to more general query classes.
dc.description18 pages, 1 figure (earlier version appears as UR-CS-TR-95-596)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9909020
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9909020
dc.identifierSIAM Journal on Computing, 28, 637-651, 1999
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33299
dc.subjectComputational Complexity
dc.subjectF.1.3
dc.titleQuery Order
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