Dynamic programming via static incrementalization

Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 37-62

  Liu, Yanhong A ^a   Stoller, Scott D ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caching; Dependence analysis; Dynamic programming; Incremental computation; Incremental update; Incrementalization; Memoization; Program optimization; Program transformation; Pruning; Static analysis; Tabulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUFFER STORAGE; POLYNOMIALS; SEMANTICS;

PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION; STATIC INCREMENTALIZATION;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0037598799     PISSN: 13883690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023068020483     Document Type: Article

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