Question

When the number of taxa exceeds twenty, even the branch-and-bound method becomes computationally unfeasible.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in unit test.

The query is from Character Based Methods in division Phylogenetic Tree Construction Methods and Programs of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) True

To elaborate: A more heuristic search method must be used. A computer heuristic procedure is an approximation strategy to find an empirical solution for a complicated problem. This strategy generates quick answers, but not necessarily the best answer.