@article {14930, title = {A new approach to realizing partially symmetric functions}, journal = {Computers, IEEE Transactions on}, volume = {38}, year = {1989}, month = {1989/06//}, pages = {896 - 898}, abstract = {Consideration is given to the class of partially symmetric functions and a method for realizing them is outlined. Each such function can be expressed as a sum of totally symmetric functions such that a circuit can be designed with its complexity dependent on the size of such symmetric cover. The authors compare the sizes of symmetric and sum-of-product covers and show that the symmetric cover will be substantially smaller for this class of functions}, keywords = {class, complexity;logic, cover;symmetric, covers;switching, design;switching, functions;Boolean, functions;complexity;partially, functions;computational, functions;sum-of-product, of, symmetric, theory;, theory;symmetric}, isbn = {0018-9340}, doi = {10.1109/12.24302}, author = {JaJa, Joseph F. and Wu,S.-M.} }