Name
Title | ||
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Data interface + algorithms = efficient programs: separating logic from representation to improve performance |
Abstract | ||
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Finding the right algorithm--data structure combination is easy, but finding the right data structure for a set of algorithms is much less trivial. Moreover, using the same data representation throughout the whole program might be sub-optimal. Depending on several factors, often only known at runtime, some programs benefit from changing the data representation during execution. In this position paper we introduce the idea of Just-In-Time data structures, a combination of a data interface and a set of concrete data representations with different performance characteristics. These Just-In-Time data structures can dynamically swap their internal data representation when the cost of swapping is payed back many times in the remainder of the computation. To make Just-In-Time data structures work, research is needed at three fronts: 1. We need to better understand the synergy between different data representations and algorithms; 2. We need a structured approach to handle the transitions between data representations; 3. We need descriptive programming constructs to express which representation fits a program fragment best. Combined, this research will result in a structured programming approach where separating data interface from data representation, not only improves understandability and maintainability, but also improves performance through automated transitions of data representation. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1145/2633301.2633303 | ICOOOLPS@ECOOP |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
algorithms,data structures,performance,performance measures | Programming constructs,Abstract data type,Data structure,External Data Representation,Programming language,Computer science,Remainder,Algorithm,Theoretical computer science,Structured programming,Maintainability,Computation | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.36 | 10 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Mattias De Wael | 1 | 25 | 3.77 |
| Stefan Marr | 2 | 124 | 21.54 |
| Wolfgang De Meuter | 3 | 817 | 90.11 |