Title :
On decomposition of Kleene TDDs
Author :
Iguchi, Yukihiro ; Sasao, Tsutomu ; Matsuura, Munehiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Meiji Univ., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
Kleene-TDDs are useful for evaluating logic functions in the presence of unknown inputs, 0 or 1. Although Kleene-TDD-based logic simulation is promising, the size of Kleene-TDD for an n-variable function is O(3n/n). Thus, when n is large, the Kleene-TDDs are often too large to build. In this paper, we propose several methods to decompose Kleene-TDDs. By using this method, we can generate smaller Kleene-TDDs for sub-functions independently to reduce the necessary memory. Preliminary experimental results show that the effectiveness of the presented approach
Keywords :
logic design; logic testing; Kleene TDD; decomposition; effectiveness; logic functions; logic simulation; sub-functions; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer science; Decision trees; Logic functions; Logic gates; Multivalued logic; Sequential circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Test Symposium, 1997. (ATS '97) Proceedings., Sixth Asian
Conference_Location :
Akita
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8209-4
DOI :
10.1109/ATS.1997.643964