• DocumentCode
    1115721
  • Title

    A Method for Generating Prime Implicants of a Boolean Expression

  • Author

    Hwa, H.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Basser Department of Computer Science, University of Sydney
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    6/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    637
  • Lastpage
    641
  • Abstract
    This correspondence gives a method which generates prime implicants in a simple one-pass procedure. Starting from the lowest (or highest) points in the function lattice, it generates successive subcubes in a unique sequence. Each subcube is formed only once.
  • Keywords
    i-cube, logic minimization, prime implicant, prime implicant generation, Quine-McCluskey algorithm.; Computer science; Iterative algorithms; Lattices; Logic; Minimization methods; i-cube, logic minimization, prime implicant, prime implicant generation, Quine-McCluskey algorithm.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-C.1974.224003
  • Filename
    1672596