An efficient control variates method for yield estimation of analog circuits based on a local model.
Pierre-Francois DesrumauxYoan DupretJens TingleffSean MinehaneMark RedfordLaurent LatorrePascal NouetPublished in: ICCAD (2012)
Keyphrases
- mathematical model
- objective function
- estimation algorithm
- cost function
- probabilistic model
- statistical model
- parameter estimation
- prior knowledge
- monte carlo simulation
- evaluation method
- similarity measure
- prediction model
- em algorithm
- theoretical analysis
- linear model
- analog circuits
- parametric models
- estimation process
- input data
- neural network
- energy function
- relational databases
- expert systems
- maximum likelihood estimation
- real time