> Volume 5 of the Handbook of Circuits and Filters, Third Edition focuses on computer-aided design and design automation. In the first part of the book, international contributors address topics such as modeling of circuit performances, symbolic analysis methods, numerical analysis methods, design by optimization, statistical design optimization, and physical design automation. In the second half of the text, they turn their attention to subjects such as RF CAD, high performance simulation, formal verification, RTK behavioral synthesis, system-level design, Internet-based micro-electronic design automation framework, performance modeling, and embedded computing systems design.