Declarative Parallel Programming in Spreadsheet End-User Development: A Literature Review

Florian Biermann

    Publikation: Bog / Antologi / Rapport / Ph.D.-afhandlingRapportForskning

    Abstract

    Spreadsheets are first-order functional languages and are widely used in research and industry as a tool to conveniently perform all kinds of computations. Because cells on a spreadsheet are immutable, there are possibilities for implicit parallelization of spreadsheet computations. In this literature study, we provide an overview of the publications on spreadsheet end-user programming and declarative array programming to inform further research on parallel programming in spreadsheets. Our results show that there is a clear overlap between spreadsheet programming and array programming and we can directly apply results from functional array programming to a spreadsheet model of computations.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    ForlagIT-Universitetet i København
    UdgaveTR-2016-192
    Antal sider16
    ISBN (Elektronisk)978-87-7949-357-5
    StatusUdgivet - 2016
    NavnIT University Technical Report Series
    NummerTR-2016-192
    ISSN1600-6100

    Emneord

    • Spreadsheets
    • Functional languages
    • Parallelization
    • End-user programming
    • Declarative array programming

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