TitleMultilevel Optimization in VLSICAD [electronic resource] / edited by Jason Cong, Joseph R. Shinnerl
ImprintBoston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2003
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3748-6
Descript XIX, 299 p. 77 illus. online resource

SUMMARY

In the last few decades, multiscale algorithms have become a dominant trend in large-scale scientific computation. Researchers have successfully applied these methods to a wide range of simulation and optimization problems. This book gives a general overview of multiscale algorithms; applications to general combinatorial optimization problems such as graph partitioning and the traveling salesman problem; and VLSICAD applications, including circuit partitioning, placement, and VLSI routing. Additional chapters discuss optimization in reconfigurable computing, convergence in multilevel optimization, and model problems with PDE constraints. Audience: Written at the graduate level, the book is intended for engineers and mathematical and computational scientists studying large-scale optimization in electronic design automation


CONTENT

1 Multigrid Solvers and Multilevel Optimization Strategies -- 2 An Exploration of Multilevel Combinatorial Optimisation -- 3 Multilevel Hypergraph Partitioning -- 4 Multilevel Circuit Placement -- 5 Multilevel VLSI Routing -- 6 Optimization for Reconfigurable Systems Using Hierarchical Abstraction -- 7 Practical Aspects of Multiscale Optimization Methods for VLSICAD


SUBJECT

  1. Engineering
  2. Computers
  3. Computer-aided engineering
  4. Mathematical optimization
  5. Electrical engineering
  6. Electronics
  7. Microelectronics
  8. Electronic circuits
  9. Engineering
  10. Electronics and Microelectronics
  11. Instrumentation
  12. Theory of Computation
  13. Circuits and Systems
  14. Electrical Engineering
  15. Optimization
  16. Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD
  17. CAE) and Design