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Evolution of a 60 decibel op amp using genetic programming

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Genetic programming was used to evolve both the topology and sizing (numerical values) for each component of a low-distortion, low-bias 60 decibel (1000-to-1) amplifier with good frequency generalization.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, California, USA

    Forrest H Bennett III (Visiting Scholar)

  2. Computer Science Department, Stanford University, USA

    John R. Koza

  3. Computer Science Department, University of California, Berkeley, California

    David Andre

  4. Econometrics Inc., 5733 West Grover, 60630, Chicago, IL, USA

    Martin A. Keane

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Bennett, F.H., Koza, J.R., Andre, D., Keane, M.A. (1997). Evolution of a 60 decibel op amp using genetic programming. In: Higuchi, T., Iwata, M., Liu, W. (eds) Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. ICES 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1259. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63173-9_65

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