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A distributional problem (L, D) is in the complexity class AvgP if there is an efficient average-case algorithm for L, as defined above. The class AvgP is occasionally called distP in the literature.<ref name="ab09"/>
 
A distributional problem (L, D) is in the complexity class distNP if L is in NP and D is P-computable. (orWhen L is in NP and D is P-samplable, (L, D) belongs to sampNP.<ref name="ab09"/>
 
Together, AvgP and DistNPdistNP define the average-case analogues of P and NP, respectively.<ref name="ab09"/>
 
==Reductions Between Distributional Problems==
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===DistNP-Complete Problems===
The average-case analogue to NP-completeness is distNP-completeness. A distributional problem (L', D') is distNP-complete if (L', D') is in distNP and for every (L, D) in distNP, (L, D) is average-case reducible to (L', D').\cite{<ref name="ab09}" />
 
An example of a distNP-complete problem is the Bounded Halting Problem, BH, defined as follows: