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A137202 Number of nodes in the BDD for the hidden weighted bit function h_n under the best possible ordering of variables. +0
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3, 3, 5, 9, 16, 23, 33, 46, 63, 82, 109, 139, 178, 224, 282, 348, 434, 531, 653, 796, 973, 1176, 1433, 1725, 2090 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

In this problem we don't consider "complement bits" to shorten the BDD.

The best method presently known to find a(n) takes something like 2.5^n steps.

REFERENCES

Beate Bollig, Martin L\"obbing, Martin Sauerhoff and Ingo Werner, On the complexity of the hidden weighted bit function for various BDD models, Theoretical Informatics and Applications, 33 (1999), 103-115, Theorem 4.4.

Randal E. Bryant, "On the complexity of VLSI implementations and graph representations of Boolean functions with application to integer multiplication," IEEE Transactions on Computers C-40 (1991), 205-213.

D. E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 4A, Section 7.1.4.

EXAMPLE

For example, when n=8 the smallest BDD is obtained when one tests first x8 (1 node), then x7 (2 nodes), then x1 (4), then x6 (6), then x2 (9), then x5 (12), then x4 (8), then x3 (2). The total number of nodes is 46, including the two sink nodes.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A136445.

Adjacent sequences: A137199 A137200 A137201 this_sequence A137203 A137204 A137205

Sequence in context: A159284 A078028 A104220 this_sequence A146926 A000198 A027170

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

D. E. Knuth, Apr 23 2008

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