Minimum networks in uniform orientation metrics

SIAM Journal on Computing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1579-1593

  Brazil, M ^a   Thomas, D A ^a   Weng, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fixed orientations; Steiner tree; Variational method; VLSI design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; THEOREM PROVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VLSI CIRCUITS;

FIXED ORIENTATIONS; MELZAK THEORY; MINIMUM NETWORKS; STEINER TREE; UNIFORM ORIENTATION METRICS;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035178703     PISSN: 00975397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0097539798347190     Document Type: Article

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