Title :
Introducing the Yasser-map as an improvement of the Karnaugh-map for solving logical problems
Author :
Abdalla, Yasser S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Suez Univ., Suez, Egypt
Abstract :
This work presents the Yasser-map as an improvement for the Karnaugh-map especially when the number of variables exceeds four. For many years the k-map is considered as the best way for solving logical problems that depend on four variables at most. However, it becomes hard with 5 variables and very difficult with six variables and almost impossible with more than 6 variables. The Quine-McCluskey method used to be the only other choice four such logical problems with large number of variables. However, the Quine-McCluskey method is also complicated and usually it is applied by a computer program. The Yasser-map which is introduced in this work is suitable for problems with low number of variables and also for problems with large number of variables. A six variable example is solved using the Yasser-map to explain how simple it is.
Keywords :
Boolean algebra; formal logic; Karnaugh-map; Quine-McCluskey method; Yasser-map; computer program; k-map; logical problem; Mirrors; Karnaugh-map; Quine-McCluskey; boolean algebra; logical reduction;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), 2015 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coimbatore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6084-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICECCT.2015.7226152