Yield Maximization and Worst-Case Design with Arbitrary Statistical Distributions

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1980, Pages 756-764

  Brayton, Robert K ^a   Director, Stephen W ^b   Hachtel, Gary D ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS;

EID: 0019055452     PISSN: 00984094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCS.1980.1084889     Document Type: Article

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