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I know this probably sounds weird, but I have a research problem that requires "random" analog circuits. Basically what this means is that I create Spice netlists by randomly adding linear and/or nonlinear components of random types with random node and parameter values. This works fine and I get a variety of interesting, valid circuits with between 5 and 50 components.
This is beyond my electrical engineering knowledge so I'm not quite sure how to ask this, but what I'm wondering is whether there is a way to algorithmically find the guaranteed simplest version of a given random circuit that has equivalent electrical behavior. (A simple example would be applying the rule that replaces two resistors in series with one equivalent resistor.) Under what conditions would such a simplified random circuit be unique i.e., no other circuit of equal or lesser size would have the same electrical behavior? Does the answer depend on whether linear or nonlinear components are used?
Hopefully what I'm asking makes sense. Thanks for any help~
This is beyond my electrical engineering knowledge so I'm not quite sure how to ask this, but what I'm wondering is whether there is a way to algorithmically find the guaranteed simplest version of a given random circuit that has equivalent electrical behavior. (A simple example would be applying the rule that replaces two resistors in series with one equivalent resistor.) Under what conditions would such a simplified random circuit be unique i.e., no other circuit of equal or lesser size would have the same electrical behavior? Does the answer depend on whether linear or nonlinear components are used?
Hopefully what I'm asking makes sense. Thanks for any help~