Title :
Number of spectral coefficients necessary to identify a class of Boolean functions
Author :
Muzio, J. ; Miller, D.M. ; Hurst, S.L.
Author_Institution :
University of Manitoba, Department of Computer Science, Winnipeg, Canada
Abstract :
It is well known that only n+1 spectral coefficients, the Chow or modified-Chow parameters, are necessary to uniquely define any given linearly separable (threshold) function. It is here shown that n+1 coefficients only are necessary to define a much wider class of Boolean functions, namely all Boolean functions which can be realised from a threshold-logic core function with pre- and postlinear-translation operations. The use of n+1 spectral coefficients as a fault signature for all such functions is therefore possible.
Keywords :
Boolean functions; identification; threshold logic; Boolean functions; fault signature; modified-Chow parameters; spectral coefficients; threshold-logic core function; translation operation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820390