Title :
Polynomially Complete Fault Detection Problems
Author :
Ibarra, Oscar H. ; Sahni, Sartaj K.
Author_Institution :
Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota
fDate :
3/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We look at several variations of the single fault detection problem for combinational logic circuits and show that deciding whether single faults are detectable by input-output (I/O) experiments is polynomially complete, i.e., there is a polynomial time algorithm to decide if these single faults are detectable if and only if there is a polynomial time algorithm for problems such as the traveling salesman problem, knapsack problem, etc.
Keywords :
Deterministic and nondeterministic computations, fault detection, irredundant circuit, polynomially complete, polynomial time algorithm, tautology problem, traveling salesman problem, Turing machines (TM´s).; Boolean functions; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Combinational circuits; Electrical fault detection; Fault detection; Logic testing; Polynomials; Traveling salesman problems; Turing machines; Deterministic and nondeterministic computations, fault detection, irredundant circuit, polynomially complete, polynomial time algorithm, tautology problem, traveling salesman problem, Turing machines (TM´s).;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/T-C.1975.224205