Title: Using Feedback To Improve VLSI Designs
Author: C.W. Liew
Date: February 24th, 1995

Abstract:

VLSI HLS design is a typical design optimization problem with a focus
on generating good solutions.  Typical expert design systems
incorporate a large amount of domain knowledge to generate good
initial solutions.  These systems are unable to use information
gleaned from analysis of the solutions (feedback)to generate better
solutions.  This paper describes a new technique called
Constrained-Redo that uses feedback to improve both the power and
coverage of an existing design system, the DAA system.