The SPICE project aims to deliver an international standard for software process assessment by the end of 1996. As part of this project there is an empirical trials phase whose purpose is to ascertain the effectiveness of the prospective SPICE standard. Two of the objectives of the trials phase are: (a) to determine the extent to which SPICEconformant assessments are repeatable (i.e., reliabili...

SPICE (SParse Iterative Covariance-based Estimation) is a recently introduced method for sparse-parameter estimation in linear models using a robust covariance fitting criterion that does not depend on any hyperparameters. In this paper we revisit the derivation of SPICE to streamline it and to provide further insights into this method. LIKES (LIKelihood-based Estimation of Sparse parameters) i...

Recently, there has been great progress in the fabrication of various nano-devices utilizing silicon ULSI processing techniques [1]. Reliable room temperature operations have been demonstrated in a silicon single-electron quantum-dot transistor [2], a silicon selfassembled quantum-dot transistor [3], and various types of single-electron memory cells [4,5]. However, these single electron or quan...

SPICE is a de-facto standard for free circuit simulation and the role model for most commercial simulators. In this paper we present the SPICE OPUS circuit simulator which is based on the SPICE3 source code. The shortcomings of the original SPICE3 and of its device models are highlighted. We present the solutions to these shortcomings that were implemented in SPICE OPUS. Three promising open-so...

Introduction: Designer Cannabinoids is a newly emerging drug of abuse that gained popularity among adolescent and young adults in the past few years. These drugs are marketed as incense or potpourri under different brand names such as spice. The potency of these drugs is variable and the range of adverse effects range from simple to severe and life threatening adverse effects such as myocardial...

Though rather awkward and limited in its usage, SPICE has been used by several authors solving their various optimisation problems. In this paper we propose how some generic optimisation algorithms can be integrated into SPICE. The implemented program has proven to be an extremely efficient optimisation tool for an experienced circuit designer. It is free of charge available at our web site (ht...