VHDL synthesis and simulation of an efficient genetic algorithm based on FPGA

Abstract

Genetic Algorithm (GA) is an artificial intelligence procedure and one of the probabilistic heuristic search algorithms based on the mechanism of natural selection and evaluation. The GA is used to select the characteristic parameters of the classifiers, the input features and find the optimum solution for a variety of complex problems like Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) design, layout and test automation. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by the customer or designer after manufacturing and is very widely used in VLSI Circuits. The GA architecture is simulated and verified by using VHDL (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language). © 2013 Springer.