A Generic Framework for the Analysis and Specialization of Logic Programs

The relationship between abstract interpretation and partial deduction has received considerable attention and (partial) integrations have been proposed starting from both the partial deduction and abstract interpretation perspectives. In this work we present what we argue is the first fully described generic algorithm for efficient and precise ion of abstract interpretation and partial deduction. Taking as starting point state-of-the-art algorithms for context-sensitive, polyvariract interpretation and (abstract) partial deduction, we present an algorithm which combines the best of both worlds. Key ingredients include the accurate success propagation inherent to abstract interpretation and the powerful program transformations achievable by partial deduction. In our algorithm, the calls which appear in the analysis graph are not analyzed w.r.t. the original definition of the procedure but w.r.t. specialized definitions of these procedures. Such specialized definitions ined by apply...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ICLP
• Authors: Germán Puebla, Elvira Albert, Manuel V. Hermenegildo
• Keywords: Abstract Interpretation, Algorithm, ICLP 2005, Partial Deduction, Programming Languages