Bo Yao
ABSTRACT
Floorplan representations are a fundamental issue in designing floorplan algorithms. In this paper, we first derive the exact number of configurations of mosaic floorplans and slicing floorplans. We then present two non-redundant representations: a twin binary tree structure for mosaic floorplans and a slicing ordered tree for slicing floorplans. Finally, the relations between the state-of-the-art floorplan representations are discussed and their efficiency is explored.
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- Revisiting floorplan representations
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