Publication detail

A Developmental Method for Construction of Arbitrarily Large Sorting Networks and Adders

BIDLO, M.

Original Title

A Developmental Method for Construction of Arbitrarily Large Sorting Networks and Adders

Type

report

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper deals with a non-traditional design method inspired by natural
ontogenesis (an embryonic approach) for construction of combinational logic
circuits (in particular sorting networks and adders). The general principle of the technique is based on a set of proper
instructions known beforehand that are repeatedly applied on the embryo
(a trivial instance of a problem) to construct more complex system. Genetic algorithm is used to find a suitable
sequence of instructions -- a prescription for the growth of the embryo. The system complexity can increase continually and infinitely. It is shown that
by employing of this approach the genetic algorithm is able to (1) rediscover the
principle of already known method and (2) find a novel algorithm, by means of
which we can obtain better solutions in comparison with a conventional method.

Keywords

Genetic algorithm, development, digital circuits design, sorting network, binary adder

Authors

BIDLO, M.

Released

17. 3. 2005

Publisher

Faculty of Information Technology BUT

Location

Brno

Pages from

1

Pages to

8

Pages count

8

URL

http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~bidlom/Papers/2005/research_report2005.pdf

BibTex

@techreport{BUT57852,
  author="Michal {Bidlo}",
  title="A Developmental Method for Construction of Arbitrarily Large Sorting Networks and Adders",
  year="2005",
  publisher="Faculty of Information Technology BUT",
  address="Brno",
  pages="8",
  url="http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~bidlom/Papers/2005/research_report2005.pdf"
}