Automatic selection of compiler options using non-parametric inferential statistics

Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques - Conference Proceedings, PACT

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 123-132

  Haneda, M ^a   Knijnenburg, P M W ^a   Wrjshoff, H A G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPILER FLAGS; COMPILER OPTIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PROGRAMMERS;

PROGRAM COMPILERS;

EID: 33746686278     PISSN: 1089795X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PACT.2005.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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