A fractional calculus perspective in the evolutionary design of combinational circuits

This paper analyses the performance of a genetic algorithm (GA) in the synthesis of digital circuits using two novel approaches. The first concept consists in improving the static fitness function by including a discontinuity evaluation. The measure of variability in the error of the Boolean table h...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Reis, Cecília (author)
Outros Autores: Machado, J. A. Tenreiro (author), Cunha, J. Boaventura (author)
Formato: bookPart
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/4446
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/4446
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Resumo:This paper analyses the performance of a genetic algorithm (GA) in the synthesis of digital circuits using two novel approaches. The first concept consists in improving the static fitness function by including a discontinuity evaluation. The measure of variability in the error of the Boolean table has similarities with the function continuity issue in classical calculus. The second concept extends the static fitness by introducing a fractional-order dynamical evaluation.