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State assignment for sequential circuits using multi-objective genetic algorithm (2011)
Journal Article
Al-Jassani, B. A., Urquhart, N. B., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2011). State assignment for sequential circuits using multi-objective genetic algorithm. IET Computers and Digital Techniques, 5, 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cdt.2010.0045

In this study, a new approach using a multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) is proposed to determine the optimal state assignment with less area and power dissipations for completely and incompletely specified sequential circuits. The goal is to f... Read More about State assignment for sequential circuits using multi-objective genetic algorithm.

Manipulation and optimization techniques for Boolean logic (2010)
Journal Article
Al-Jassani, B. A., Urquhart, N. B., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2010). Manipulation and optimization techniques for Boolean logic. IET computers & digital techniques / IET, 4, 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cdt.2009.0007

In this study, new techniques and algorithms are presented for the derivation and optimisation of mixed polarity Reed Muller (MPRM) and mixed polarity dual Reed Muller (MPDRM) functions. The first algorithm is used for bidirectional conversion betwee... Read More about Manipulation and optimization techniques for Boolean logic.

Minimization of incompletely specified mixed polarity Reed Muller functions using genetic algorithm. (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Al-Jassani, B. A., Urquhart, N. B., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2009). Minimization of incompletely specified mixed polarity Reed Muller functions using genetic algorithm. . https://doi.org/10.1109/12.67320

A New and efficient Genetic Algorithm (GA) based approach is presented to minimise the number of terms of Mixed Polarity Reed Muller (MPRM) single and multi output incompletely specified Boolean functions. The algorithm determines the allocation of d... Read More about Minimization of incompletely specified mixed polarity Reed Muller functions using genetic algorithm..

Optimization of MPRM functions using tabular techniques and genetic algorithms. (2008)
Journal Article
Al-Jassani, B. A., Urquhart, N. B., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). Optimization of MPRM functions using tabular techniques and genetic algorithms. The Mediterranean journal of electronics and communications, 4, 115-125

This paper presents new techniques and algorithms to compute and optimize Mixed Polarity Reed Muller logic functions (MPRM) using Tabular techniques and Genetic Algorithms (GA). The first algorithm is used for bidirectional conversion between Fixed P... Read More about Optimization of MPRM functions using tabular techniques and genetic algorithms..

CFAR Adaptive PN Code acquisition for DSSS Systems (2008)
Journal Article
Wei, B., Sharif, M., Binnie, D., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). CFAR Adaptive PN Code acquisition for DSSS Systems. The Mediterranean journal of electronics and communications, 4, 37-45

Constant false alarm rate (CFAR) techniques can be used in Pseudo-Noise (PN) code acquisition in Spread Spectrum (SS) communication systems, and all the CFAR techniques perform well in homogeneous background PN code acquisition. However, in non-homog... Read More about CFAR Adaptive PN Code acquisition for DSSS Systems.

Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions (2008)
Journal Article
Xu, H., Yang, M., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions. The Mediterranean journal of electronics and communications, 4, 84-89

A number of different representations of the Boolean function are used in order to find a good circuit representation in terms of area, speed and power performance. In this paper, an effective decomposition method is proposed for the bidirectional tr... Read More about Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions.

Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion. (2008)
Journal Article
Yang, M., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion. Integration, the VSLI Journal, 41, 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vlsi.2007.02.001

Dual forms of Reed-Muller (DFRM) are implemented in OR/XNOR forms, which are based on the features of coincidence operation. Map folding and transformation techniques are proposed for the conversion between Boolean and DFRM expansions. However, map t... Read More about Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion..

Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions (2007)
Journal Article
Yang, M., Xu, H., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions. Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 1931-1933. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSICT.2006.306532

Dual form of Reed-Muller (DFRM) expansions are implemented in OX/XNOR logic, which are based on the features of coincidence operation and are known as fixed polarity Canonical OR-Coincidence (COC) expansions. An efficient minimization method is propo... Read More about Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions.

An efficient transformation method for DFRM expansions. (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Xu, H., Yang, M., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). An efficient transformation method for DFRM expansions. In 7th International Conference on ASIC, 2007. ASICON '07 (1158-1161). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASIC.2007.4415839

Dual Form of Reed-Muller (DFRM) expansions with fixed poarity are derived from Reed-Muller (RM) expansions by using the operation of Kronecker matrix products. An efficient decomposition method is proposed based on the formulation. The method can be... Read More about An efficient transformation method for DFRM expansions..

Adaptive PN code acquisition in multi-path spread spectrum communications using FPGA. (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Wei, B., Sharif, M., Binnie, D., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). Adaptive PN code acquisition in multi-path spread spectrum communications using FPGA. In Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (573-576)

Performance of two pseudonoise (PN) code detectors was tested. Cell averaging (CA) and order Statistics (OS) constant false alarm rates (CFAR) were analysed against mean acquisition time (MAT) and against the probability of detection (Pd). Both detec... Read More about Adaptive PN code acquisition in multi-path spread spectrum communications using FPGA..