An improved aco algorithm for the analog circuits design optimization

International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-133

  Benhala, Bachir ^a  

^a MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Analog Design; Ant Colony Optimization; Backtracking Search Technique; Metaheuristic; Op Amp; OTA

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANALOG CIRCUITS; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SPICE;

ANALOG DESIGN; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION (ACO); BACKTRACKING SEARCH; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; METAHEURISTIC; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; TIME-CONSUMING TASKS; TWO-STAGE OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84977147457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19984464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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