| Title | Minimizing ROBDD size of incompletely specified multiple output functions |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 1994 |
| Authors | Chang, S-C, Cheng, DI, Marek-Sadowska, M |
| Conference Name | European Design and Test Conference, 1994. EDAC, The European Conference on Design Automation. ETC European Test Conference. EUROASIC, The European Event in ASIC Design, Proceedings. |
| Date Published | feb-3 mar |
| Keywords | Boolean functions, directed acyclic graph, directed graphs, don't cares, extra variable, heuristic, incompletely specified functions, incompletely specified multiple output functions, logic CAD, logic design, lower levels, minimisation of switching nets, off-set, on-set, reduced ordered binary decision diagram, ROBDD size minimisation, top level |
| Abstract | The size of ROBDD is essential in many applications. In this paper we propose a heuristic that minimizes ROBDD size for incompletely specified multiple output functions. Our technique involves giving a new interpretation of ROBDDs with an extra variable, Z for incompletely specified functions. This new interpretation allows us to assign don't cares to either the on-set or the off-set yielding an efficient minimization of ROBDD size. The extra variable Z carries the information of the don't cares and preserves the flexibility of choosing the best cover for a given incompletely specified function. Starting from the top level of an ROBDD, we minimize greedily the number of nodes at every level by assigning as few don't cares as possible to either the on-set or the off-set. We propagate the remaining unused don't cares to lower levels of an ROBDD by moving the extra variable downwards. We performed three sets of experiments. The results are very encouraging |
| DOI | 10.1109/EDTC.1994.326921 |
