Relational cost analysis in a functional-imperative setting

Specialization of Imperative Programs Through Analysis of Relational Expressions

An inter-procedural data flow analysis operating on control flow graphs and collecting information about program expressions is described in this paper. The following relational and other expressions are analyzed: equivalences between program expressions and constants; linear-ordering inequalities between program expressions and constants; equalities originating from some program assignments; a...

Froid: Optimization of Imperative Programs in a Relational Database

For decades, RDBMSs have supported declarative SQL as well as imperative functions and procedures as ways for users to express data processing tasks. While the evaluation of declarative SQL has received a lot of attention resulting in highly sophisticated techniques, the evaluation of imperative programs has remained näıve and highly inefficient. Imperative programs offer several benefits over ...

The Functional Imperative: Shape!

Promoting compassionate care with the older people: a relational imperative.

We have been invited to imagine a future where the care for older people goes beyond the current paradigm. This article challenges the fundamental assumptions that underlie current care practices and, instead, promotes systems and processes that elevate nourishing and stimulating relationships with basic dignity, as well as personal agency, in the later days of life. Healthcare professionals st...

Speed cameras in an urban setting: a cost-benefit analysis.

BACKGROUND To perform a cost-benefit analysis of the installation of speed cameras on the beltways of Barcelona. METHODS The analysis was performed from the society perspective over a 2-year period using a controlled before-and-after study design. The net benefit was calculated using, as benefits, the willingness to pay for the estimated number of people who avoided injury as a consequence of...