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Petrick's method

In Boolean algebra, Petrick's method (also known as Petrick function or branch-and-bound method) is a technique described by Stanley R. Petrick (1931–2006) in 1956 for determining all minimum sum-of-products solutions from a prime implicant chart. Petrick's method is very tedious for large charts, but it is easy to implement on a computer. The method was…

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related to Further reading · 31
Petrick's method → Addison-Wesley Publishers Ltd, All About Circuits, Archived, Bolton, Bristol, Digital Systems Design, Donald, EETech Media, Electronic Systems Engineering Series, Erik, In Dagless, ISBN, Krambeck, LCCN, LLC, Martin, Massachusetts Institute, Minimization, Petrick, PhD
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Petrick's method → Petrick's, Quine-McCluskey, Tutorial

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