Multi-objective univariate marginal distribution optimisation of mixed analogue-digital signal circuits

Proceedings of GECCO 2007: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2242-2251

  Zinchenko, Lyudmila ^a   Radecker, Matthias ^a   Bisogno, Fabio ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IAIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circuit optimisation; Evolutionary probabilistic models; Multiobjective optimisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DESIGN AIDS; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

CIRCUIT OPTIMIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY PROBABILISTIC MODELS; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION ALGORITHM;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 34548075280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1276958.1277385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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