DocumentCode
1117726
Title
Polynomially Complete Fault Detection Problems
Author
Ibarra, Oscar H. ; Sahni, Sartaj K.
Author_Institution
Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota
Issue
3
fYear
1975
fDate
3/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
242
Lastpage
249
Abstract
We look at several variations of the single fault detection problem for combinational logic circuits and show that deciding whether single faults are detectable by input-output (I/O) experiments is polynomially complete, i.e., there is a polynomial time algorithm to decide if these single faults are detectable if and only if there is a polynomial time algorithm for problems such as the traveling salesman problem, knapsack problem, etc.
Keywords
Deterministic and nondeterministic computations, fault detection, irredundant circuit, polynomially complete, polynomial time algorithm, tautology problem, traveling salesman problem, Turing machines (TM´s).; Boolean functions; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Combinational circuits; Electrical fault detection; Fault detection; Logic testing; Polynomials; Traveling salesman problems; Turing machines; Deterministic and nondeterministic computations, fault detection, irredundant circuit, polynomially complete, polynomial time algorithm, tautology problem, traveling salesman problem, Turing machines (TM´s).;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9340
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/T-C.1975.224205
Filename
1672798
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