Boolean Problems

Freiberg University of Mining and Technology

5th International Workshop on Boolean Problems
September 19-20, 2002,
Freiberg (Sachsen)

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Abstracts of the
5th International Workshop on Boolean Problems

Invited Talk

A. Mishchenko (Portland State University, USA),
R. Brayton (University of California, Berkeley, USA):

A Theory of Non-Deterministic Networks

Session 1

G. Negovetic, M. Perkowski, M. Lukac (Portland State University, USA),
A. Buller (Human Information Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan):

Evolving quantum circuits and an FPGA-based Quantum Computing Emulator

A. N. Al-Rabadi, L. W. Casperson, M. Perkowski, X. Song (Portland State University, USA):
Canonical Representations for Two-Valued Quantum Computing

M. Lukac, M. Pivtoraiko, A. Mishchenko, M. Perkowski (Portland State University, USA):
Automated Synthesis of Generalized Reversible Cascades using Genetic Algorithms

P. Kerntopf (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland):
On Universality of Binary Reversible Logic Gates

Session 2

R. S. Stankovic (Dept. of Computer Science, Nis, Yugoslavia),
J. T. Astola (Tampere University of Technology, Finland):

Relationships between Logic Derivatives and Ternary Decision Diagrams

Ch. Posthoff (The University of The West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago),
B. Steinbach (Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany):

Functions Implicitly Defined by Logic Equations - Unique Solutions

A. Zakrevskij, I. Vasilkova (Institute of Engineering Cybernetics of NAS, Belarus):
Reducing Search Trees to Accelerate Solving Large Systems of Boolean Equations

J. C. Bioch (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands):
Complexity of Boolean function decomposition

Session 3

P. Fiser, J. Hlavicka (Czech Technical University Prague, Czech):
A Flexible Minimization and Partitioning Method

Ch. Dorotska, B. Steinbach (Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany):
Orthogonal Block Change & Block Building Using Ordered Lists of Ternary Vectors

Y. Pottosin, E. Shestakov, V. Tomashev (Institute of Engineering Cybernetics of NAS, Belarus):
Generalized Shannon Expansion and Its Application for Multiplex Decomposition of Boolean Functions

H. Kubatova, M. Becvar (Czech Technical University Prague, Czech):
FEL–Code: FSM Internal State Encoding Method

L. Cheremisinova (Institute of Engineering Cybernetics of NAS, Belarus):
Minimization of sequent automata implementing concurrent control algorithms

Invited Talk

T.Sasao (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Japan):
Design Methods for Multi-Rail Cascades

Session 4

V. Ciriani, A. Bernasconi (University of Pisa, Italy):
2-SPP: a practical trade-off between SP and SPP synthesis

A. Gaidukov, (Irkutsk State University, Russian):
Algorithm to derive mimimum ESOP for 6-variable function

G. Fey, R. Drechsler (University of Bremen, Germany):
Minimizing the Number of Paths in BDDs

A. Jutman, J. Raik, R. Ubar (Tallinn Technical University, Estonia):
SSBDDs: Advantageous Model and Efficient Algorithms for Digital Circuit Modeling, Simulation & Test

Session 5

S. Guthridge, M. Perkowski (Portland State University, USA):
Rectangular Davio Lattice Structures

S.Guthridge, M.Perkowski (Portland State University, USA):
Test Generation for Triangular Davio Lattice Structures

H. Rahaman (Indian Institute of Information Technology,Calcutta, India),
D. K. Das (Computer Sc. & Engg., Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India),
B. B. Bhattacharya (Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India):

A Simple Delay-Testable Design of Digital Summation Threshold Logic (DSTL) Array

R. Drechsler (University of Bremen, Germany),
S. Höreth (Infineon Technologies AG, München, Germany):

Gatecomp: Equivalence Checking of Digital Circuits in an Industrial Environment

D.Fröhlich (University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany):
Use-Case Driven HW/SW-Partitioning of Dynamically Reconfigurable Systems

Session 6

Y. Novikov (Institute of Engineering Cybernetics of NAS, Belarus):
Local search for Boolean relations on the basis of unit propagation

A. S. Baluck, S. F. Vinokurov (Irkutsk State University, Russian):
Classes of Operator Forms

M. Perkowski, A. Mishchenko (Portland State University, USA):
Logic Synthesis for Regular Layout using Satisfiability

B. Steinbach, R. Kohut (Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Germany):
Neural Networks – A Model of Boolean Functions

W.-M. Wendler (FHS Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, Germany):
General Remarks on Lineal Binary System Theory

W.-M. Wendler (FHS Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, Germany):
Linear Binary Autonomous Systems

U. Wong, M. Perkowski (Portland State University, USA):
A New Approach to Robot’s Imitation of Behaviors by Decomposition of Multiple-Valued Relations