Recently, interest in fractional-order inductors (FOIs) has increased since they allow for accurate and robust models of dynamical systems to be designed. However, practical implementation these not been possible due the lack single FOI realizations. To address this challenge, work, we propose a simple-to-realize inductor design with variable constant phase angle (CPA). The relies on characteri...

ions of the global environment are brought down to the macro level to guide macro-level implementation. Shadow This is a representation of the global wires overlaying a macro that is used to guide macro physical design and for macro extraction. Timing assertions This is information on the global timing at macro interfaces-arrival times with phase tags on inputs, required arrival times with phas...

Students need continuous programming practice in order to be able to correctly implement the concepts taught in programming classes. As a result, instructors will have high workload of marking and grading student’s program. Automatic correction and evaluation tools will be beneficial to reduce such workload. This article describes a web based multiplayer game named Algoshop that can be used to ...

User involvement in the system design process and the final success of a system has been the subject of many studies. Conflicting results reported in those studies have not helped to resolve the issue. This study employs meta-analysis to systematically combine the results of many user involvement studies to see if the overall results are significant. In addition, the strength of the relationshi...

In Boolean games, agents uniquely control a set of propositional variables, and aim at achieving a goal formula whose realisation might depend on the choices the other agents make with respect to the variables they control. We consider the case in which assigning a value to propositional variables incurs a cost, and moreover, we assume agents to be restricted in their choice of assignments by a...