Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 2012/12/01 Vol. E95-ANo. 12pp. 2172-2181 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on VLSI Design and CAD Algorithms) Category: Physical Level Design Keyword: yield-driven, clock skew scheduling, generalized Howard algorithm, generalized minimum balance algorithm,