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Für die Praxis

English translation: In practical terms/for practical application

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German term or phrase:Für die Praxis
English translation:In practical terms/for practical application
Entered by: macrettoc

10:48 Jan 15, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics
German term or phrase: Für die Praxis
KONTEXT: Das VSRP ist ein kombinatorisches Optimierungsproblem, welches NP-vollständig1 ist, d. h., es ist nach heutigem Stand der Forschung kein polynomialzeitbeschränkter Algorithmus bekannt, der das Problem exakt löst. Für die Praxis bedeutet die NP-Vollständigkeit, dass ein exaktes Verfahren für große Probleminstanzen eine zu hohe Rechenzeit benötigen würde, um das globale Optimum zu bestimmen.

I've found the other entries in proz.com where "für die Praxis" is mentioned but they don't seem to answer my question as to what "Für die Praxis" could mean here. Does the author simply mean something like "For the record", or "To explain, or "To clarify"?
macrettoc
Local time: 05:50
In practical terms / for practical application
Explanation:
Either of my two suggestions might work,

In practical terms, NP completeness means...

For practical application, NP completeness means...
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SpreeSarah
United States
Local time: 00:50
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help.
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3 +9In practical terms / for practical application
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
In practical terms / for practical application


Explanation:
Either of my two suggestions might work,

In practical terms, NP completeness means...

For practical application, NP completeness means...

SpreeSarah
United States
Local time: 00:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jutta Wappel: "For practical application" was my first thought as well.
7 mins
agree  seehand
1 hr
agree  Susan Zimmer
1 hr
agree  Armorel Young: "in practical terms" gets my vote
2 hrs
agree  Nandini Vivek: with Armorel
2 hrs
agree  Ken Cox: definitely with Amorel in this context
3 hrs
agree  jccantrell
4 hrs
agree  CArcher: in practical terms
1 day 7 hrs
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 day 8 hrs
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