Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures (CGRAs) are promising in developing high performance low-power portable applications. In this research, we crowdsource a mapping problem using gamification to harnass human intelligence. A scientific puzzle game, Untangled, was developed to solve a mapping problem by encapsulating architectural characteristics. The primary motive of this research is to draw insights from the mapping solutions of players who possess innate abilities like decision-making, creative problem-solving, recognizing patterns, and learning from experience. In this dissertation, an extensive analysis was conducted to investigate how players' computational skills help to solve an open-ended problem with different constraints. From this analysis, we discovered a few common strategies among players, and subsequently, a library of dictionaries containing identified patterns from players' solutions was developed. The findings help to propose a better version of the game that incorporates these techniques recognized from the experience of players. In the future, an updated version of the game that can be developed may help low-performance players to provide better solutions for a mapping problem. Eventually, these solutions may help to develop efficient mapping algorithms, In addition, this research can be an exemplar for future researchers who want to crowdsource such electrical engineering problems and this approach can also be applied to other domains.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1703330 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Balavendran Joseph, Rani Deepika |
| Contributors | Mehta, Gayatri, Varanasi, Murali, Li, Xinrong, Nielsen, Rodney, Sprang, Ralph |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | xvi, 126 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Balavendran Joseph, Rani Deepika, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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