NDLI: A Method for Analyzing Loop Programs

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Waters, R.C.
Copyright Year	1976
Abstract	This paper presents a method for automatically analyzing loops, and discusses why it is a useful way to look at loops. The method is based on the idea that there are four basic ways in which the logical structure of a loop is built up. An experiment is presented which shows that this accounts for the structure of a large class of loops. The paper discusses how the method can be used to automatically analyze the structure of a loop, and how the resulting analysis can be used to guide a proof of correctness for the loop. An automatic system is described which performs this type of analysis. The paper discusses the relationship between the structure building methods presented and programming language constructs. A system is described which is designed to assist a person who is writing a program. The intent is that the system will cooperate with a programmer throughout aUl phases of work on a program and be able to communicate with the programmer about it.
Sponsorship	IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) IEEE Computer Society
Starting Page	237
Ending Page	247
Page Count	11
File Size	3607417
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00985589
Volume Number	SE-5
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1979-05-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer languages Programming profession Artificial intelligence Performance analysis Writing Buildings Abstracts Contracts Computer science Algorithms program understanding Loops plans program analysis program verification
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Software

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