finite wordlength digital filter design using an annealing algorithm

Abstract
Recently, a very versatile algorithm for the design of finite word length filters has been proposed. The algorithm makes use of a simulated annealing algorithm which searches over discrete values of the filter coefficients. It has very fast development time and produces filters with good performances, its only drawback is a quite high execution time. In this paper, a detailed description of the particular annealing algorithm is presented together with three examples of filter design