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A Slicing Structure Representation for the Multi-layer Floorplan Layout Problem

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Applications of Evolutionary Computing (EvoWorkshops 2004)

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This is a preliminary study in which we use a genetic algorithm to solve the multiple layer floorplanning problem. The original contribution is a three dimensional slicing structure representation which, to the best of our knowledge, is the first 3D floorplan representation in the literature. In this paper we give some background on VLSI design and the floorplanning problem before describing the slicing structure representation and the genetic algorithm extensions. We present results for benchmark problems and obtain improvements on previously published results for single layer floorplanning.

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  1. School of Computing Science and Software Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, QLD 4001, Australia

    Johan Berntsson & Maolin Tang

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  1. Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstraße 9–11/1861, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Günther R. Raidl

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università di Parma,  

    Stefano Cagnoni

  3. Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Jürgen Branke

  4. School of Mathematical and Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 8AS, Edinburgh, UK

    David Wolfe Corne

  5. Institute of Computer Science, University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Rolf Drechsler

  6. Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Offenbach/Main, Germany

    Yaochu Jin

  7. Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

    Colin G. Johnson

  8. CISUC, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Polo II of the University of Coimbra, 3030, Coimbra, Portugal

    Penousal Machado

  9. ICIS, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Elena Marchiori

  10. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

    Franz Rothlauf

  11. School of Computing Sciences, UEA Norwich, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK

    George D. Smith

  12. Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

    Giovanni Squillero

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Berntsson, J., Tang, M. (2004). A Slicing Structure Representation for the Multi-layer Floorplan Layout Problem. In: Raidl, G.R., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24653-4_20

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