Boolean Functions

English

Series: Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications Ser.

ISBN: 113906424X

EAN: 9781139064248

Category: Mathematics / Algebra / General

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release Date: 05/31/2011

Synopsis: Written by prominent experts in the field, this monograph provides the first comprehensive, unified presentation of the structural, algorithmic and applied aspects of the theory of Boolean functions. The book focuses on algebraic representations of Boolean functions, especially disjunctive and conjunctive normal form representations. This framework looks at the fundamental elements of the theory (Boolean equations and satisfiability problems, prime implicants and associated short representations, dualization), an in-depth study of special classes of Boolean functions (quadratic, Horn, shellable, regular, threshold, read-once functions and their characterization by functional equations) and two fruitful generalizations of the concept of Boolean functions (partially defined functions and pseudo-Boolean functions). Several topics are presented here in book form for the first time. Because of the depth and breadth and its emphasis on algorithms and applications, this monograph will have special appeal for researchers and graduate students in discrete mathematics, operations research, computer science, engineering and economics.

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Boolean Functions

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - PDF

Pages: 142