Mobile Computation With Functions (Hardcover)

Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Mobile computation with functions. 2. Type and effect based static analysis. 3. Overview of the book. 1. Towards Mobile functions. Concurrent and Distributed computation. ML with concurrency and distribution. 2. Estimating Mobile Values. Application areas. Potential mobility. Mobile-lambda. Type system. Formal properties of the type system. Static estimation. 3. Distributed Call-Tracking. Security through language restrictions. rEval-lambda. A monomorphic type system. A Polymorphic type system. Concluding remarks. 4. Confined Mobile Functions. Why restrict mobility? Confined-lambda. Formal properties. Concluding remarks. 5. Noninterference and Mobile Functions. Noninterference. Secure Mobile-lambda. Type system. Formal properties. Concluding remarks. 6. Conclusions. Natural support for code mobility. Type systems and security. Further work. Appendices. Selected Proof Cases.