@conference {w:fahd2012vmc, title = {Identifying key components of variability using Energy based Control}, booktitle = {The 2012 Workshop on Variability Modeling and Characterization (VMC)}, year = {2012}, pages = {2 pages}, abstract = {This paper proposes a method to estimate the reliability of a circuit based on the energy distribution of that circuit. A circuit with a widespread energy distribution is more unreliable in comparison with one with uniform energy distribution. A gate within a circuit that has a major contribution to energy distribution will have a greater impact on the variability within the circuit as opposed to a component with a minor contribution.}, author = {Fahd Shaikh and Wei He and Jonathan Sprinkle and Janet Meiling Wang-Roveda} }