• DocumentCode
    829975
  • Title

    On the maximum tolerable noise of k-input gates for reliable computation by formulas

  • Author

    Evans, William S. ; Schulman, Leonard J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    3094
  • Lastpage
    3098
  • Abstract
    We determine the precise threshold of component noise below which formulas composed of odd degree components can reliably compute all Boolean functions.
  • Keywords
    Boolean functions; circuit noise; computation theory; directed graphs; error statistics; information theory; logic circuits; reliability; Boolean functions; acyclic graph; component noise; directed graph; error probability; information-theoretic technique; input gate noise; interconnection structure; maximum tolerable noise; odd degree component formulas; reliable computation; reliable computing; Boolean functions; Circuit noise; Computational modeling; Computer science; Councils; Error probability; Integrated circuit interconnections; Noise level; Tree graphs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.2003.818405
  • Filename
    1246036