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ICES 2003: Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware pp 238–248Cite as

Evolution of Self-diagnosing Hardware

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The evolution of digital circuits performing built-in self-test behaviour is attempted in simulation for a one bit adder and a two bit multiplier. Promising results show evolved designs can perform a better diagnosis using less resources than hand-designed equivalents. Future extensions of the approach could allow the self-diagnosis of analog circuits under failure and abnormal operating conditions.

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  1. Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, BN1 9QH, Brighton, UK

    Miguel Garvie & Adrian Thompson

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  1. The Department of Electronics, The University of York, YO10 5DD, Heslington, York, United Kingdom

    AAndy M. Tyrrell

  2. Department of Computer and Information Science, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands Vei, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Pauline C. Haddow

  3. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1080, 0316, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

    Jim Torresen

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Garvie, M., Thompson, A. (2003). Evolution of Self-diagnosing Hardware. In: Tyrrell, A.M., Haddow, P.C., Torresen, J. (eds) Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. ICES 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2606. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36553-2_22

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