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Variations on Constants - Markus Müller-Olm

Variations on Constants

Flow Analysis of Sequential and Parallel Programs
Buch | Softcover
XIII, 177 Seiten
2006 | 2006
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-45385-7 (ISBN)
CHF 74,85 inkl. MwSt

Program analysis is concerned with techniques that automatically determine run-time properties of given programs prior to run-time. It is used for validation in order to ensure that programs serve their intended purpose and in further processing for efficient execution such as in optimizing compilers. Optimal program analysis provides a guarantee about the precision of the computed results.

This monograph, a revised version of the author's habilitation thesis, focusses on optimal flow analysis of sequential and parallel programs. It studies algorithmic properties of various versions of the well-known constant-propagation problem. In order to come to grips with the variants considered, it combines techniques from different areas such as linear algebra, computable ring theory, abstract interpretation, program verification, complexity theory, etc. Combination of techniques is the key to further progress in automatic analysis and constant-propagation allows us to illustrate this point in a theoretical study.

After a general overview, the monograph consists of three essentially self-contained parts that can be read independently of each other. These parts study: a hierarchy of constants in sequential programs, inherent limits of flow analysis of parallel programs, and how to overcome these limits by abandoning a classic atomic execution assumption.

1. Introduction.- 2. A Hierarchy of Constants.- 3. Deciding Constants by Effective Weakest Preconditions.- 4. Limits of Parallel Flow Analysis.- 5. Parallel Flow Graphs.- 6. Non-atomic Execution.- 7. Dependence Traces.- 8. Detecting Copy Constants and Eliminating Faint Code.- 9. Complexity in the Non-atomic Scenario.- 10. Conclusion.- A. A Primer on Constraint-Based Program Analysis.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 2.10.2006
Reihe/Serie Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Programming and Software Engineering
Zusatzinfo XIII, 177 p.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 286 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Software Entwicklung
Informatik Theorie / Studium Compilerbau
Schlagworte Abstract Interpretation • algorithm • algorithms • approximate analysis • Automat • Compiler • Complexity • Complexity theory • constant detection • constant propagation • constraint-based analysis • dependence traces • Flow Analysis • Formal Semantics • Model Checking • Parallel Programming • Processing • Program verification • Testing • Type Checking • verification
ISBN-10 3-540-45385-7 / 3540453857
ISBN-13 978-3-540-45385-7 / 9783540453857
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