Evolution by Means of Genetic Programming of Analog Circuits that Perform Digital Functions

This paper demonstrates the ability of genetic programming to evolve analog circuits that perform digital functions and mixed analog-digital circuits. The evolved circuits include two purely digital circuits (a 100 nano-second NAND circuit and a two-instruction arithmetic logic unit circuit) and one mixed-signal circuit, namely a three-input digital-to-analog converter.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: GECCO
• Authors: Forrest H. Bennett III, John R. Koza, Martin A. Keane, Jessen Yu, William Mydlowec, Oscar Stiffelman
• Keywords: Analog Circuits, Evolved Circuits, GECCO 1999, Mixed Analog-digital Circuits, Optimization