Inside New Research Readers Are Introduced To the Basic Terminology and Principles of Evolvable Hardware, Reconfigurable Hardware and Algorithms That Conduct the Simulated Evolution.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46046) has announced the addition of Introduction to Evolvable Hardware: A Practical Guide for Designing Self-Adaptive Systems to their offering. Introduction to Evolvable Hardware: A Practical Guide for Designing Self-Adaptive Systems provides a fundamental introduction for engineers, designers, and managers involved in the development of adaptive, high reliability systems. It also introduces the concepts of evolvable hardware (EHW EHW Evolvable Hardware EHW Explosive Handling Wharf EHW Extremely High Water EHW Electrically Heated Window ) to new researchers in a structured way. Readers are introduced to the basic terminology and principles of EHW, reconfigurable hardware, algorithms that conduct the simulated evolution, and system integration concepts. Background information is included on real-time system design and fault-tolerant principles. Examples of several real-world applications (both digital and analog) are included to teach the basic concepts and to illustrate the power and versatility of EHW. Author information Garrison W. Greenwood, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State University. With nearly twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of industry experience, he is a Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. and the past chairman of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Technical Committee on Evolutionary Computation. He has been Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation The IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (TEC) is a monthly journal published by the Computational Intelligence Society of the IEEE Computer Society. It contains peer-reviewed articles and other contribitions in the area of Evolutionary Computation and Natural Computation. since 2000. Andrew M. Tyrell, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Digital Electronics in the Department of Electronics at the University of York This article is about the British university. For the Canadian university, see York University. The University of York is a campus university in York, England. , UK. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Fellow of the IEE IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers IEE Independent Educational Evaluation IEE Initial Environmental Examination IEE Initial Environmental Evaluation IEE Idiopathic Eosinophilic Esophagitis IEE Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence IEE Interim Expendable Emitter , Chairman of the IEEE Working Group on Evolvable Hardware, and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. Content Outline: PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACRONYMS 1 INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Characteristics of Evolvable Circuits and Systems. 1.2 Why Evolvable Hardware Is Good (and Bad!). 1.3 Technology. 1.4 Evolvable Hardware vs. Evolved Hardware. 1.5 Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic EVIDENCE, EXTRINSIC. External evidence, or that which is not contained in the body of an agreement, contract, and the like. 2. It is a general rule that extrinsic evidence cannot be admitted to contradict, explain, vary or change the terms of a contract or of a Evolution. 1.6 Online vs. Offline Evolution. 1.7 Evolvable Hardware Applications. References. 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION. 2.1 What Is an EA? 2.2 Components of an EA. 2.2.1 Representation. 2.2.2 Variation. 2.2.3 Evaluation. 2.2.4 Selection. 2.2.5 Population. 2.2.6 Termination Criteria. 2.3 Getting the EA to Work. 2.4 Which EA Is Best? References. 3 RECONFIGURABLE DIGITAL DEVICES. 3.1 Basic Architectures. 3.1.1 Programmable Logic Devices. 3.1.2 Field Programmable Gate Array See FPGA. . 3.2 Using Reconfigurable Hardware. 3.2.1 Design Phase. 3.2.2 Execution Phase. 3.3 Experimental Results. 3.4 Functional Overview of the POEtic Architecture. 3.4.1 Organic Subsystem. 3.4.2 Description of the Molecules. 3.4.3 Description of the Routing Layer. 3.4.4 Dynamic Routing. 3.5 Remarks. References. 4 RECONFIGURABLE ANALOG DEVICES. 4.1 Basic Architectures. 4.2 Transistor Arrays. 4.2.1 The NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. FTPA FTPA Field Task Proposal/Agreement FTPA Family Therapy Practice Academy FTPA Fleet Training Performance Assessment . 4.2.2 The Heidelberg FPTA FPTA Florida Physical Therapy Association FPTA Field-Programmable Transistor Array FPTA Florida Public Telecommunications Association FPTA Federation of Paper Traders Association (India) FPTA Frequency Pilot Time Average . 4.3 Analog Arrays. 4.4 Remarks. References. 5 PUTTING EVOLVABLE HARDWARE TO USE. 5.1 Synthesis vs. Adaption adaption see adaptation. . 5.2 Designing Self-Adaptive Systems. 5.2.1 Fault Tolerant Systems. 5.2.2 Real-Time Systems. 5.3 Creating Fault Tolerant Systems Using EHW. 5.4 Why Intrinsic Reconfiguration for Online Systems? 5.5 Quantifying Intrinsic Reconfiguration Time. 5.6 Putting Theory Into Practice. 5.6.1 Minimizing Risk With Anticipated Faults. 5.6.2 Minimizing Risk With Unanticipated Faults. 5.6.3 Suggested Practices. 5.7 Examples of EHW-Based Fault Recovery. 5.7.1 Population vs. Fitness-Based Designs. 5.7.2 EHW Compensators. 5.7.3 Robot Control. 5.7.4 The POEtic Project. 5.7.5 Embryo Development. 5.8 Remarks. References. 6 FUTURE WORK. 6.1 Circuit Synthesis Topics. 6.1.1 Digital Design. 6.1.2 Analog Design. 6.2 Circuit Adaption Topics. References. INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHORS For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46046 |
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