Neural network simulation and evolutionary synthesis of QCA circuits

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-201

  Neto, Omar Paranaiba Vilela ^a   Pacheco, Marco Aurélio C ^a   Hall Barbosa, Carlos R ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Evolvable hardware; Genetic algorithm; Nanoelectronics; Nanotechnology; Quantum dot cellular automata

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EVOLVABLE HARDWARE; NANOELECTRONICS; QUANTUM-DOT CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

EID: 33846099122     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TC.2007.33     Document Type: Article

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