TITLE:
Synthesis of Time-to-Amplitude Converter by Mean CoeVolution with Adaptive Parameters
AUTHORS:
Yerbol A. Sapargaliyev, Tatiana G. Kalganova
KEYWORDS:
Analog Circuit Synthesis, EVolutionary Electronics, Computational Circuits, SPICE
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications,
Vol.4 No.8,
August
2,
2011
ABSTRACT: The challenging task to synthesize automatically a time-to-amplitude converter, which unites by its functionality several digital circuits, has been successfully solved with the help of a novel methodology. The proposed approach is based on a paradigm according to which the substructures are regarded as additional mutation types and when ranged with other mutations form a new adaptive individual-level mutation technique. This mutation approach led to the discovery of an original coevolution strategy that is characterized by very low selection rates. Parallel island-model evolution has been running in a hybrid competitive-cooperative interaction throughout two incremental stages. The adaptive population size is applied for synchronization of the parallel evolutions.