Spectral analysis of Boolean functions as a graph eigenvalue problem

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-351

  Bernasconi, Anna ^a   Codenotti, Bruno ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GRAPH THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CAYLEY GRAPH; GRAPH EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS; WALSH SPECTRUM;

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0033098490     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/12.755000     Document Type: Article

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