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There are various methods for performing tolerancing and robust design
within a computer-aided design (CAD) framework. Recent work on fittin
g statistical emulators to CAD systems can be used to facilitate fast
optimization geared towards robustness against input variation. After
discussing available methods for tolerancing within a common framework
, a comprehensive strategy for robust design is developed which involv
es a combination of circuit simulation, emulation and global optimizat
ion.