Browsing by Author "Owadally, Muhammud Asaad"

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    Robust electronic circuit design using evolutionary and Taguchi methods
    (1997) Owadally, Muhammud Asaad; Greene, John R
    In engineering, there is a wide range of applications where genetic optimizers are used. Two genetic optimizers used in this thesis namely, Population Based Incremental Learning ( PBIL ) and Cross generational selection Heterogeneous crossover Cataclysmic mutation ( CHC ), are tested on a series of circuit problems to fmd if robust electronic circuits can be built from evolutionary methods. The evolutionary algorithms were used to search the space of discrete component values from a range of manufactured preferred values to obtain robust electronic circuits. Parasitic effects were also modelled in the simulation to provide for a more realistic circuit.