Multi-valued multi-threshold networks

In this paper we propose multi-valued multi-threshold networks (MVTN's) to realize multi-valued logic functions. A definition, transformations of multi-valued functions and network syntheses for an MVTN are described. There are three emphases on the MVTN's: 1) any arbitrary multi-valued logic function can be realized by an MVTN, 2) an MVTN can be composed of conventional threshold elements, and 3) various synthesis procedures for binary multi-threshold networks can be applied to MVTN's.

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