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Bounded-error probabilistic polynomial time, the complexity class of decision problems solvable by a randomized algorithm running in polynomial time that answers correctly with probability strictly greater than one half on every input, and whose error can be reduced arbitrarily by repeated trials.

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The class of decision problems solvable by a probabilistic Turing machine in polynomial time with an error probability bounded by 1/3 for all instances. 1
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1. BPP (complexity), Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence
    is the class of decision problems solvable by a probabilistic Turing machine in polynomial time with an error probability bounded by 1/3 for all instances
  • In Group: Space, Exponential Time and Probabilistic Classes, Lead
    In computational complexity theory, a branch of computer science, bounded-error probabilistic polynomial time (BPP) is the class of decision problems solvable by a probabilistic Turing machine in polynomial time with an error probability bounded by 1/3 for all instances.
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