USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS FOR THE VARIABLE ORDERING OF REED-MULLER BINARY DECISION DIAGRAMS

被引:4
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ALMAINI, AEA
ZHUANG, N
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[1] Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Department, Napier University, Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ
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10.1016/0026-2692(95)98949-R
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Results are reported of the use of genetic algorithms for the variable ordering problem in Reed-Muller binary decision diagrams. Tests carried out on benchmark examples and randomly generated functions are very encouraging and compare favourably with other non-exhaustive algorithms. The results show significant reduction in the number of nodes and gates for multi-level designs. This work is confined to single output fixed polarity Reed-Muller expansions: the method will be developed further to extend to other forms and to multi-outputs.
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