computational complexity theory and circuit complexity, a Boolean circuit is a mathematical model for combinational digital logic circuits. A formal language can be...

Short-circuit evaluation, minimal evaluation, or McCarthy evaluation (after John McCarthy) is the semantics of some Boolean operators in some programming...

In theoretical computer science, circuit complexity is a branch of computational complexity theory in which Boolean functions are classified according...

this kind provide a generalization of Boolean circuits and a mathematical model for digital logic circuits. Circuits are defined by the gates they contain...

propositional formulas in logic and are associated to Boolean circuits. Most programming languages have the Boolean operators OR, AND and NOT; in C and some languages...

The circuit value problem (or circuit evaluation problem) is the computational problem of computing the output of a given Boolean circuit on a given input...

function Boolean formulas can also be displayed as a graph: Propositional directed acyclic graph Digital circuit diagram of logic gates, a Boolean circuit And-inverter...

digital logical circuits. Boolean expression, an expression in a programming language that produces a Boolean value when evaluated Boolean function, a function...

i } {\displaystyle C=\{C_{k}^{i}\}} is a collection of boolean circuits, such that each circuit C k i {\displaystyle C_{k}^{i}} has less than P C ( k )...

the circuit satisfiability problem (also known as CIRCUIT-SAT, CircuitSAT, CSAT, etc.) is the decision problem of determining whether a given Boolean circuit...

party. In the garbled circuit protocol, the function has to be described as a Boolean circuit. The history of garbled circuits is complicated. The invention...

by a uniform Boolean circuit (which can be calculated from the length of the input, for NC, we suppose we can compute the Boolean circuit of size n in...

algebra as the two-element Boolean algebra. In modern circuit engineering settings, there is little need to consider other Boolean algebras, thus "switching...

time-independent logic) is a type of digital logic that is implemented by Boolean circuits, where the output is a pure function of the present input only. This...

computation (e.g. probabilistic Turing machines, interactive proof systems, Boolean circuits, and quantum computers). The study of the relationships between complexity...

polynomial size Boolean circuit A(n) deciding the problem, we can use a Turing machine that interprets the advice string as a description of the circuit. Then,...

metallic structures on an integrated circuit. In terms of Boolean algebra, the optimization of a complex Boolean expression is a process of finding a...

example, some graphs can be succinctly described by a small Boolean circuit. The circuit has 2 n {\displaystyle 2n} inputs, 1 output and p o l y ( n )...

A majority gate is a logical gate used in circuit complexity and other applications of Boolean circuits. A majority gate returns true if and only if...

hierarchy of TC classes. TC0 contains all languages which are decided by Boolean circuits with constant depth and polynomial size, containing only unbounded...

In abstract algebra, a Boolean algebra or Boolean lattice is a complemented distributive lattice. This type of algebraic structure captures essential properties...

executed by each computer. Models such as Boolean circuits and sorting networks are used. A Boolean circuit can be seen as a computer network: each gate...

evaluated. The function is viewed as a Boolean circuit, with inputs in binary of fixed length. A Boolean circuit is a collection of gates connected with...

paths Boolean circuit, a mathematical model for digital logic circuits Integer circuit, a mathematical object of computational complexity Circuit complexity...

simplification of Boolean functions, which is of great importance in the optimization of Boolean formulas in general and digital circuits in particular....

transformation, takes as input an arbitrary combinatorial logic circuit and produces an equisatisfiable boolean formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF). The length...

of the algorithms and mathematics that can be described with Boolean logic. Logic circuits include such devices as multiplexers, registers, arithmetic...

and microcontrollers, use boolean algebra to process "one" and "zero" signals. Among the most advanced integrated circuits are the microprocessors or...

equipment. In computer science, circuit diagrams are useful when visualizing expressions using Boolean algebra. Circuit diagrams are pictures with symbols...

the differences between the study of arithmetic circuits and the study of Boolean circuits. In Boolean complexity, one is mostly interested in computing...