• DocumentCode
    1347519
  • Title

    Solving Boolean equations using ROSOP forms

  • Author

    Wang, Yuke ; McCrosky, Carl

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    2/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    177
  • Abstract
    Boolean equations are important tools in digital logic. Previous algorithms for solving Boolean equations are based on the Boolean algebra of disjoint SOP forms. In this paper, we develop a new Boolean algebra with more efficient Boolean operation algorithms, called the reduced ordered SOP (ROSOP) forms, which are canonical representations. ROSOPs are closely related to the well-known OBDD data structure. The results here also show the algebraic structure of OBDDs
  • Keywords
    Boolean algebra; computational complexity; logic design; Boolean algebra; Boolean equations; ROSOP forms; and decision diagrams; digital logic; functions; operations; reduced ordered SOP; Algorithm design and analysis; Boolean algebra; Combinational circuits; Data structures; Digital circuits; Equations; Logic; Signal design; Test pattern generators; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/12.663763
  • Filename
    663763