TY - BOOK AU - Liu,Yanhong Annie TI - Systematic program design: from clarity to efficiency SN - 9781107036604 (hardback) U1 - 005.1 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Computer programming KW - System design KW - COMPUTERS / Programming Languages / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-233) and index; Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Loops: incrementalize; 3. Sets: incrementalize and implement; 4. Recursion: iterate and incrementalize; 5. Rules: iterate, incrementalize, and implement; 6. Objects: incrementalize across module abstraction; 7. Conclusion N2 - "A systematic program design method can help developers ensure the correctness and performance of programs while minimizing the development cost. This book describes a method that starts with a clear specification of a computation and derives an efficient implementation by step-wise program analysis and transformations. The method applies to problems specified in imperative, database, functional, logic, and object-oriented programming languages with different data, control, and module abstractions. Designed for courses or self-study, this book includes numerous exercises and examples that require minimal computer science background, making it accessible to novices. Experienced practitioners and researchers will appreciate the detailed examples in a wide range of application areas including hardware design, image processing, access control, query optimization, and program analysis. The last section of the book points out directions for future studies"-- UR - http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/36604/cover/9781107036604.jpg ER -