We initiate the theory of communication complexity of individual inputs held by the agents, rather than worst-case or average-case. We consider total, partial, and partially correct protocols, one-way versus two-way, with (not in this version) and without help bits.
['Harry Buhrman', 'Hartmut Klauck', 'Nikolai K. Vereshchagin', 'Paul Vitányi']
Individual communication complexity