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Measuring designer performance to verify design automation systems

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DAC '77: Proceedings of the 14th Design Automation Conference

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Published: 01 January 1977 Publication History

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This paper describes an experiment statistically designed to gather data on designers' performances in digital design situations. Results of the experiment not only provide data by which to calibrate the results of register transfer level computer aided design algorithms but also the variance to be expected among designers given identical tasks. The experimental techniques described here are applicable to other non-optimal algorithms such as wire routing.

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Parker AThomas DSiewiorek DBarbacci MHafer L(1988)The CMU design automation system: an example of automated data path designPapers on Twenty-five years of electronic design automation10.1145/62882.62945(531-538)Online publication date: 1-Jun-1988
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/62882.62945
Hafer LParker A(1982)Automated Synthesis of Digital HardwareIEEE Transactions on Computers10.1109/TC.1982.167595531:2(93-109)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1982
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TC.1982.1675955
Thomas DSiewiorek D(1981)Measuring designer performance to verify design automation systemsIEEE Transactions on Computers10.5555/1963620.196362530:1(48-61)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1981
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1963620.1963625
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Measuring designer performance to verify design automation systems
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Architecture (buildings)
      1. Computer-aided design
  2. Physical sciences and engineering
    1. Engineering
      1. Computer-aided design
2. Hardware
  1. Hardware validation
    1. Functional verification

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Parker AThomas DSiewiorek DBarbacci MHafer L(1988)The CMU design automation system: an example of automated data path designPapers on Twenty-five years of electronic design automation10.1145/62882.62945(531-538)Online publication date: 1-Jun-1988
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Hafer LParker A(1982)Automated Synthesis of Digital HardwareIEEE Transactions on Computers10.1109/TC.1982.167595531:2(93-109)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1982
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1963620.1963625
Parker AThomas DSiewiorek DBarbacci MHafer LLeive GKim JMagnuson WCairns JThomas DLoomis HFrew RKeiner BBurke DStaller JWilcox PGoldfein AGray JLerman HMcDonald POfek HEisenberg HNash DSrch RSmith RParke FGibson D(1979)The CMU design automation systemProceedings of the 16th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800292.811694(73-80)Online publication date: 25-Jun-1979
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Snow ESiewiorek DThomas DSzygenda SHightower DSmith RHumcke DRadke @Hassler EPistilli PShaklee D(1978)A technology-relative computer-aided design systemProceedings of the 15th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800095.803091(220-226)Online publication date: 19-Jun-1978
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Hafer LParker ASzygenda SHightower DSmith RHumcke DRadke @Hassler EPistilli PShaklee D(1978)Register-transfer level digital design automationProceedings of the 15th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800095.803090(213-219)Online publication date: 19-Jun-1978
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