Cost Analysis for Import and Export Using an Abstract Machine

Abstract: This paper presents the syntax and reduction rules for an abstract machine based on the JavaScript XML language. We incorporate the notion of cost into our reduction rules, and create a type system that over-approximate this cost. This over-approximation results in an equation that may contain unknowns originating from while loops. We conclude with a formal proof of soundness of the type system for our abstract machine, demonstrating that it over-approximates the cost of any terminating program. An implementation of the type system, constraint gathering, and the abstract machine is also presented