Size versus robustness in evolved sorting networks: Is bigger better?

Proceedings - NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware, EH

Volumn 2000-January, Issue , 2000, Pages 81-87

  Masner, Jason ^a   Cavalieri, John ^a   Frenzel, James F ^b   Oster, James F ^a  

^a University of Idaho   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; FORESTRY; HARDWARE; NASA; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EVOLUTIONARY METHOD; REAL-WORLD; SIZE INDEPENDENTS; SORTING NETWORK; TREE STRUCTURES; TREE-STRUCTURED;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

EID: 84949774003     PISSN: 15506029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EH.2000.869345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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