Position-Candidate-Hypothesis (PCH) Paradigm: A Structural-Statistical Approach to NP-Complete Problems

This research paper introduces the Position-Candidate-Hypothesis (PCH) paradigm as a novel theoretical approach to NP-complete problems. This work proposes a fundamental shift from traditional combinatorial search to structuralstatistical analysis. The research explores the decomposition of problems into three interconnected components: positions, candidates, and hypotheses, followed by statistical integration. This work presents a new perspective on computational problem-solving that emphasizes structural analysis and pattern recognition over exhaustive search methods.