ENSEMBLE OF NOVEL NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON CLONAL SELECTION ALGORITHM FOR SNEAK CIRCUIT ANALYSIS

Neural network was introduced to sneak circuit analysis (SCA) in previous works. However, it may generate suspect results which were hard to explain. To overcome the shortcomings, this paper proposed a novel neural network model based on circuit architecture, named CArNN, which is used as an individual of an ensemble. In CArNN, neurons represented system components, and weights represented the joints between components. Models of neurons are sigmoid functions. Clone selection algorithm was used to train CArNNs population. The trained antibodies were used as individuals of an ensemble. The inputs of CArNN are states of switches, and the outputs are states of functional components. Ensemble predicted all possible functions of circuit. The sneak circuits can be discovered by comparing the predicted and designed functions. The results revealed that CArNNs can exactly discover sneak circuits.