In the last few years, a few dedicated mathematicians have begun to study the computational complexity of video games. Their goal is to determine the inherent difficulty of the games and how they ...

Completing a game of "Super Mario Brothers" can be hard -- very, very hard. That's the conclusion of a new paper from researchers at MIT, the University of Ottawa, and Bard College at Simon's Rock.

An Italian researcher with a penchant for retro games -- or perhaps just looking for an excuse to play games in the name of science! -- has used computational complexity theory to decide, once and for ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

IF YOU have ever struggled to complete classic Nintendo games, don’t feel bad – they are officially difficult. An analysis of the computational complexity of video games, including those in the Mario ...

A group of mathematicians analyzed the computational complexity of Mario, Donkey Kong, the Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Pokemon, to find out how difficult it is to divine the quickest path to victory ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper, we study the long-standing open question regarding the computational complexity of one of the core problems in supply chains ...

Back in January we looked at the work of Giovanni Viglietta at the University if Pisa in Italy who had proved the computational complexity of many computer games from the 80s and 90s, such as Pac-Man ...