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Summary: Digital Circuit Design Through Simulated Evolution (SimE)
Sadiq M. Sait, Mostafa Abd-El-Barr, Uthman S. Al-Saiari, Bambang A.B. Sarif
Computer Engineering Department
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
KFUPM Box 673, Dhahran-31261, Saudi Arabia sadiq, mostafa, saiarios, sarifˇ @ccse.kfupm.edu.sa
Abstract- In this paper, the use of Simulated Evolution
(SimE) Algorithm in the design of digital logic circuits is
proposed. SimE algorithm consists of three steps: eval-
uation, selection and allocation. Two goodness measures
are designed to guide the selection and allocation opera-
tions of SimE. Area, power and delay are considered in
the optimization of circuits. Results obtained by SimE
algorithm are compared to those obtained by Genetic
Algorithm (GA).
1 Introduction
Design is usually considered to be an activity requiring con-
siderable human creativity and knowledge. Even the defini-
tion of the term design itself is quite elusive, since it can be
interpreted in several different ways depending on the task
to be performed [10].
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