On dependability of FPGA-based evolvable hardware systems that utilize virtual reconfigurable circuits

Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Computing Frontiers 2006, CF '06

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 221-228

  Sekanina, Lukas ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dependability; Evolutionary algorithms; Evolvable hardware; FPGA

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DEPENDABILITY; EVOLVABLE HARDWARE; EVOLVABLE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL RECONFIGURABLE CIRCUITS (VRC);

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34247358710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1128022.1128052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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