Computational complexity theory is a branch of the theory of computation in theoretical computer science and mathematics that focuses on classifying computational problems according to their inherent difficulty, and relating those classes to each other.

This conjecture has generated a great deal of research in computational complexity theory, which has considerably improved our understanding of the inherent difficulty of computational problems and what can be computed efficiently.

The inclusion of interpersonality amnesia helped to distinguish DID from dissociative disorder not otherwise specified, but the condition retains an inherent subjectivity due to difficulty in defining terms such as personality, identity, ego-state and even amnesia.

There is an inherent difficulty in studying human pheromones because of the need for cleanliness and odorlessness in human participants.

While nearly all examples of alleged " dual loyalty " are considered highly controversial, these examples point to the inherent difficulty in distinguishing between what constitutes a " danger " of dual loyalty – i. e., that there exists a pair of misaligned interests – versus what might be more simply a pair of partially aligned or even, according to the party being accused, a pair of fully aligned interests.

However, because of a reliance on retrospective recall, as well as response bias and taboo, there is an inherent difficulty in measuring the frequency of types of fantasies.

This difficulty, which seems to be inherent in the very nature of truth and falsehood, is one with which I do not know how to deal with satisfactorily.

The subsequent failure of the European Parliament to develop an acceptable definition of what was meant by the word technical illustrates the difficulty inherent in attempting to do so.

Informally, it reflects the difficulty inherent in approximating a discontinuous function by a finite series of continuous sine and cosine waves.

The use of natural creeks and ponds is generally desirable when designing a golf course for their aesthetics and inherent difficulty, but such areas also typically include wetlands within the flood plain that are unsuitable for golfing and are often filled in and raised to remain dry.

OCL supplements UML by providing expressions that have neither the ambiguities of natural language nor the inherent difficulty of using complex mathematics.

An inherent difficulty arises from the fact that optimizing both the BJT and MOS components of the process is impossible without adding many extra fabrication steps and consequently increasing the process cost.

However, due to the difficulties inherent in Überwald ( including the difficulty in determining which specific bolt of lightning hitting which castle might start the glass clock ) he failed to stop the original-but Time only froze for a moment before a metal spring snapped and caused the clock to shatter.

To the Catholic colonists one drawback to founding new settlements was the inherent difficulty in attending mass when living far from the established towns.

A difficulty inherent in determining what species are in Devils Lake versus Lake Winnipeg results from spatial relationships.

Because of the inherent expense and difficulty in obtaining extrinsic evidence for many genes, it is also necessary to resort to Ab initio gene finding, in which genomic DNA sequence alone is systematically searched for certain tell-tale signs of protein-coding genes.

In computer science, parameterized complexity is a branch of computational complexity theory that focuses on classifying computational problems according to their inherent difficulty with respect to multiple parameters of the input.

The inherent difficulty of adequately lighting barrel vaulted structures has been widely acknowledged.

The first chapter of it has been put online for free viewing due to the inherent difficulty in explaining what it contains.

However, there is an inherent difficulty in the enforcement of international law due to the issue that state sovereignty poses.

Due partly to excessive expectations, partly to the changing nature of the market and the inherent difficulty of keeping up with rapidly changing technology, these ambitions went largely unrealized.

This is especially useful because of the difficulty and lack of feasibility inherent in eliminating all intermediate hosts of gnathostomiasis.

The inherent difficulty of implementing a kernel with multiple personalities, and poor communication between the teams implementing the different personalities, are largely blamed for the failure and the two billion dollar cost.

The difficulty in classifying the band under one specific metal sub-genre is a result of the inherent complexity with which they operate musically.

The difficulty lay in judging the ability of an issuing bank to be able to promptly redeem their currency for gold or silver.

Scoring is by judging of artistic quality, creativity, execution, and difficulty of routines.

Goslin ’ s difficulty in judging fly balls contributed to his nickname " Goose.

The change stemmed from the judging controversy at 2004 Olympics in Athens, which brought the reliability and objectivity of the scoring system into question, and arguments that execution had been sacrificed for difficulty in artistic gymnastics.

Patients with damage to these areas of the brain had difficulty judging duration and frequency of auditory tones that were presented.

In their book Representing lives: women and auto / biographyAlison Donnell and Pauline Polkey discuss the difficulty of judging the authenticity of accounts of violence against woment when these accounts are made by women in position of presitige and power as such women are likely omit some details for their own image

The difficulty that can occur in judging the fuzziness of a concept can be illustrated with the question " Is this one of those ?".

The presence of black leopards in the area and the difficulty of accurately judging size makes this a dubious report though.

A fundamental difficulty with focus groups ( and other forms of qualitative research ) is the issue of observer dependency: the results obtained are influenced by the researcher or his own reading of the group's discussion, raising questions of validity ( see Experimenter's bias ).

The major disputes surrounding the Gulf of Khambhat Cultural Complex ( GKCC ) are claims about the existence of submerged city-like structures, the difficulty associating dated artifacts with the site itself, and disputes about whether stone artifacts recovered at the site are actually geofacts or artifacts.

The difficulty in making secure attributions of work by Giorgione's hand dates from soon after his death, when some of his paintings were completed by other artists, and his considerable reputation also led to very early erroneous claims of attribution.

Hence, the difficulty in drafting SLAPP legislation, and in applying it, is to craft an approach which affords an early termination to invalid abusive suits, without denying a legitimate day in court to valid good faith claims.

This is the cause of much difficulty in thinking critically about claims.

The difficulty lay in discerning truth from falsehood, credible claims from impossible one.

When a prisoner who is believed by the Nazis to be a Jew claims to be German, Spiegelman is confronted with the difficulty of whether to present this character as a cat or a mouse.

Two weeks after the appearance of these pieces Miller negotiated a private severance package with Times ' publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. She contested both Calame's and Dowd's claims and gave no ground in defense of her work, but cited difficulty in performing her job effectively after having become an integral part of the stories she was sent to cover.

This is especially crucial as Yunus claims that in 2004, women still have difficulty getting loans as it represented less than 1 percent of borrowers from commercial banks ( Yunus 2004 ).

The difficulty with this approach is that, despite the Court's claim, the parents are seeking to vindicate not only their own free exercise claims, but also those of their high-school-age children ....

A British military expert, Michael Orr, claims that the hierarchy had great difficulty fully understanding the changed situation, due to their education.

In response to claims that geography was against federation on such a large scale, it was said that scientific advancements would solve the difficulty.

Brian Dixon, a wrestling referee and former head of the Jim Breaks Fan Club, established Wrestling Enterprises in 1970 initially as a vehicle for his girlfriend ( and later wife ) British Ladies ' Champion Mitzi Mueller, who was having difficulty getting bookings from Joint Promotions .< ref >< i > The Wrestling < i >, Simon Garfield, Faber & Faber 1996 edition, page 105 </ ref > One of the company's earliest claims to fame was rebranding Martin Ruane ( formerly Luke McMasters in the WFGB in the late 1960s ) as new character " Giant Haystacks ", originally " Haystacks Calhoun " patterned after the US superheavyweight wrestler of the same name and similar image about whom Dixon had read in imported American wrestling magazines.

The Bolam test does not vary significantly in professional negligence litigation, but it causes greater difficulty for the courts in medical negligence than in claims against, say, a lawyer or an accountant, because of the technical issues involved.

Mal and Saffron enter the estate without difficulty, proving correct Saffron's claims about her inside knowledge.