In this work, we continue the research started in [6], where the authors suggested to study the half-duplex communication complexity. Unlike the classical model of communication complexity introduced by Yao, in the half-duplex model, Alice and Bob can speak or listen simultaneously, as if they were talking using a walkie-talki.e. The motivation for such a communication model comes from the study of the KRW conjecture. Following the open questions formulated in [6], we prove lower bounds for the disjointness function in all variants of half-duplex models and an upper bound in the half-duplex model with zero, that separates disjointness from the inner product function in this setting. Next, we prove lower and upper bounds on the half-duplex complexity of the Karchmer-Wigderson games for the counting functions and for the recursive majority function, adapting the ideas used in the classical communication complexity. Finally, we define the non-deterministic half-duplex complexity and establish bounds connecting it with non-deterministic complexity in the classical model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSOFSEM 2021
Subtitle of host publicationTheory and Practice of Computer Science - 47th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2021, Proceedings
EditorsTomáš Bureš, Riccardo Dondi, Johann Gamper, Giovanna Guerrini, Tomasz Jurdzinski, Claus Pahl, Florian Sikora, Prudence W. Wong
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages233-248
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783030677305
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event47th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2021 - Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
Duration: 25 Jan 202129 Jan 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12607 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference47th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2021
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBolzano-Bozen
Period25/01/2129/01/21

    Research areas

  • Communication complexity, Half-duplex communication, Karchmer-wigderson games

    Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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