This paper describes a new hybrid method based on the application of the Population Training Algorithm (PTA) and linear programming (LP) for generation of schedules for drivers in...
modules can be handled in constraint graphs efficiently. This Floorplan area minimization is an important problem because many modules have shape flexibilities during the floorplan...
Fung Yu Young, Chris C. N. Chu, W. S. Luk, Y. C. W...
This paper presents a comparative analysis of neural networks, simulated annealing, and genetic algorithms in the determination of input patterns for testing analog circuits. The ...
Traditional approaches to combining classifiers attempt to improve classification accuracy at the cost of increased processing. They may be viewed as providing an accuracy-speed tr...
Kumar Chellapilla, Michael Shilman, Patrice Simard
Manydesign problems are solved using multiple levels of abstraction, wherea design at one level has combinatorially manychildren at the next level. A stochastic optimization metho...
Louis I. Steinberg, J. Storrs Hall, Brian D. Davis...