A new Monte Carlo circuit simulation paradigm with specific results for resistive networks

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1289-1299

  Kettani, Houssain ^a   Barmish, B Ross ^b  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit simulation; Control theory; Ladder networks; Monte Carlo methods; Optimization; Resistive circuits; Robustness

Indexed keywords

LADDER NETWORKS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESISTORS;

MONTE CARLO CIRCUIT SIMULATION; RESISTIVE NETWORKS;

COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747066474     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.875183     Document Type: Article

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