• DocumentCode
    452017
  • Title

    Heuristic Minimization of BDDs Using Don´t Cares

  • Author

    Shiple, Thomas R. ; Hojati, Ramin ; Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L. ; Brayton, Robert K.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of EECS, University of California, Berkeley, CA
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    6-10 June 1994
  • Firstpage
    225
  • Lastpage
    231
  • Abstract
    We present heuristic algorithms for finding a minimum BDD size cover of an incompletely specified function, assuming the variable ordering is fixed. In some algorithms based on BDDs, incompletely specified functions arise forwhich any cover of the functionwill suffice. Choosing a cover that has a small BDD representation may yield significant performance gains. We present a systematic study of this problem, establishing a unified framework for heuristic algorithms, proving optimality in some cases,and presenting experimental results.
  • Keywords
    Automata; Binary decision diagrams; Boolean functions; Circuits; Concrete; Data structures; Decision trees; Field programmable gate arrays; State-space methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design Automation, 1994. 31st Conference on
  • ISSN
    0738-100X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-89791-653-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DAC.1994.204103
  • Filename
    1600376