Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation

This is a book on physical design algorithms.  Yet, this is a book that goes beyond physical design algorithms. There are other important design steps of which our understanding is still quite limited.  Furthermore, development of new materials, devices, and technologies will unquestionably create new problems and new avenues of research and development in the design process.  An algorithmic outlook on design problem and the algorithmic techniques for solving complex design problems, which a reader learns through the examples drawn from physical design in this book, will transcend the confine of physical design and will undoubtedly prepare the reader for many of the activities in the field of computer-aided design of VLSI circuits.