{"paper":{"title":"Approximating the Influence of a monotone Boolean function in O(\\sqrt{n}) query complexity","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["cs.DM"],"primary_cat":"cs.DS","authors_text":"Dana Ron, Muli Safra, Omri Weinstein, Ronitt Rubinfeld","submitted_at":"2011-01-27T17:31:59Z","abstract_excerpt":"The {\\em Total Influence} ({\\em Average Sensitivity) of a discrete function is one of its fundamental measures. We study the problem of approximating the total influence of a monotone Boolean function \\ifnum\\plusminus=1 $f: \\{\\pm1\\}^n \\longrightarrow \\{\\pm1\\}$, \\else $f: \\bitset^n \\to \\bitset$, \\fi which we denote by $I[f]$. We present a randomized algorithm that approximates the influence of such functions to within a multiplicative factor of $(1\\pm \\eps)$ by performing $O(\\frac{\\sqrt{n}\\log n}{I[f]} \\poly(1/\\eps)) $ queries. % \\mnote{D: say something about technique?} We also prove a lower b"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1101.5345","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}