Title :
Circuit design using evolutionary algorithms
Author :
Beielstein, Thomas ; Dienstuhl, Jan ; Feist, Christian ; Pompl, Marc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Dortmund Univ., Germany
fDate :
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate the applicability of evolutionary algorithms (EAs) to the optimization of circuit designs. We examine the design of a full-adder cell, and show the capability of design of experiments (DOE) methods to improve the parameter-settings of EAs
Keywords :
adders; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; design of experiments; evolutionary computation; circuit design optimization; design of experiments; evolutionary algorithms; full-adder cell design; parameter settings; Algorithm design and analysis; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Computer science; Delay estimation; Design optimization; Evolutionary computation; Optimization methods; Switching circuits; US Department of Energy;
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation, 2002. CEC '02. Proceedings of the 2002 Congress on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7282-4
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.2002.1004534
