{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2049659774","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2629460","title":"Kitsune","display_name":"Kitsune","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-10-28","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2049659774","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2629460","mag":"2049659774"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2629460","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2629460","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2629460","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S41449414","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems","issn_l":"0164-0925","issn":["0164-0925","1558-4593"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2629460","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111384484","display_name":"Christopher M. Hayden","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","display_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","ror":"https://ror.org/047s2c258","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Christopher M. Hayden","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Maryland, College Park, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Maryland, College Park, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011234989","display_name":"Karla Saur","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0741-5190"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","display_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","ror":"https://ror.org/047s2c258","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Karla Saur","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Maryland, College Park, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Maryland, College Park, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109121071","display_name":"Edward K. Smith","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1956-4518"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","display_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","ror":"https://ror.org/047s2c258","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Edward K. Smith","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Maryland, College Park, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Maryland, College Park, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046625836","display_name":"Michael Hicks","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2759-9223"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","display_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","ror":"https://ror.org/047s2c258","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michael Hicks","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Maryland, College Park, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Maryland, College Park, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038702707","display_name":"Jeffrey S. Foster","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8043-1166"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","display_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","ror":"https://ror.org/047s2c258","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jeffrey S. Foster","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Maryland, College Park, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Maryland, College Park, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5111384484"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.4655,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":27,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92532606,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"36","issue":"4","first_page":"1","last_page":"38"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10054","display_name":"Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10054","display_name":"Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10126","display_name":"Logic, programming, and type systems","score":0.9987999796867371,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9987000226974487,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.9302536845207214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programmer","display_name":"Programmer","score":0.8315051794052124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/compiler","display_name":"Compiler","score":0.6928681135177612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.6599513292312622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/program-transformation","display_name":"Program transformation","score":0.6178605556488037},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/overhead","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","score":0.5036758780479431},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/downtime","display_name":"Downtime","score":0.49744823575019836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code","display_name":"Code (set theory)","score":0.48703533411026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/state","display_name":"State (computer science)","score":0.4728453755378723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simple","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","score":0.45522037148475647},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/source-code","display_name":"Source code","score":0.4393947124481201},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transformation","display_name":"Transformation (genetics)","score":0.4387180209159851},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.437086820602417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/semantics","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","score":0.42061376571655273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.14787107706069946}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.9302536845207214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778514511","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1374194","display_name":"Programmer","level":2,"score":0.8315051794052124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169590947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47506","display_name":"Compiler","level":2,"score":0.6928681135177612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.6599513292312622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778361913","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7248437","display_name":"Program transformation","level":2,"score":0.6178605556488037},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779960059","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7113681","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.5036758780479431},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180591934","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1253369","display_name":"Downtime","level":2,"score":0.49744823575019836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.48703533411026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.4728453755378723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586882","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520643","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.45522037148475647},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43126263","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128751","display_name":"Source code","level":2,"score":0.4393947124481201},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204241405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461499","display_name":"Transformation (genetics)","level":3,"score":0.4387180209159851},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.437086820602417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184337299","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1437428","display_name":"Semantics (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.42061376571655273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.14787107706069946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2629460","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2629460","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2629460","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S41449414","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems","issn_l":"0164-0925","issn":["0164-0925","1558-4593"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2629460","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2629460","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2629460","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S41449414","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems","issn_l":"0164-0925","issn":["0164-0925","1558-4593"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G124903675","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"CCF-0910530","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337387","funder_display_name":"Division of Computing and Communication Foundations"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2613900426","display_name":"SHF: Large: Collaborative Research: PASS: Perpetually Available Software Systems","funder_award_id":"0910530","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G848032724","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"Science","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306076","display_name":"National Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/021nxhr62"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337387","display_name":"Division of Computing and Communication Foundations","ror":"https://ror.org/01mng8331"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2049659774.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2049659774.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1482022028","https://openalex.org/W1483079395","https://openalex.org/W1486522688","https://openalex.org/W1595972517","https://openalex.org/W1602079523","https://openalex.org/W1874682220","https://openalex.org/W1973659375","https://openalex.org/W1998009565","https://openalex.org/W2020473227","https://openalex.org/W2027296616","https://openalex.org/W2027479906","https://openalex.org/W2033348393","https://openalex.org/W2034613985","https://openalex.org/W2038897371","https://openalex.org/W2044590882","https://openalex.org/W2047401676","https://openalex.org/W2054175778","https://openalex.org/W2083272082","https://openalex.org/W2107089133","https://openalex.org/W2112281233","https://openalex.org/W2113103747","https://openalex.org/W2114619419","https://openalex.org/W2118005163","https://openalex.org/W2129117233","https://openalex.org/W2139430599","https://openalex.org/W2144197883","https://openalex.org/W2153530968","https://openalex.org/W2163171633","https://openalex.org/W2233271408","https://openalex.org/W2400355634","https://openalex.org/W2523119523","https://openalex.org/W4231606388"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2046276983","https://openalex.org/W2954002293","https://openalex.org/W2078264086","https://openalex.org/W2164372000","https://openalex.org/W2161582432","https://openalex.org/W2109143577","https://openalex.org/W3007026952","https://openalex.org/W641989116","https://openalex.org/W1535670175","https://openalex.org/W131477820"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Dynamic":[0],"software":[1,6],"updating":[2,68],"(DSU)":[3],"systems":[4],"facilitate":[5],"updates":[7,39],"to":[8,14,79,92,95,128,145],"running":[9],"programs,":[10],"thereby":[11],"permitting":[12],"developers":[13],"add":[15],"features":[16],"and":[17,100,115,134,137,155],"fix":[18],"bugs":[19],"without":[20],"downtime.":[21],"This":[22],"article":[23],"introduces":[24],"Kitsune,":[25,147],"a":[26,48],"DSU":[27,122],"system":[28],"for":[29,104],"C.":[30],"Kitsune\u2019s":[31],"design":[32],"has":[33],"three":[34],"notable":[35],"features.":[36],"First,":[37],"Kitsune":[38,62,94,127],"the":[40,64,71,75,86],"whole":[41],"program,":[42],"rather":[43],"than":[44],"individual":[45],"functions,":[46],"using":[47],"mechanism":[49],"that":[50,98,139,148,156],"places":[51],"no":[52,152],"restrictions":[53],"on":[54],"data":[55],"representations":[56],"or":[57],"allowed":[58],"compiler":[59],"optimizations.":[60],"Second,":[61],"makes":[63],"important":[65],"aspects":[66],"of":[67],"explicit":[69],"in":[70,120],"program":[72,141],"text,":[73],"making":[74],"program\u2019s":[76],"semantics":[77],"easy":[78],"understand":[80],"while":[81],"minimizing":[82],"programmer":[83,87],"effort.":[84],"Finally,":[85],"can":[88],"write":[89],"simple":[90],"specifications":[91],"direct":[93],"generate":[96],"code":[97],"traverses":[99],"transforms":[101],"old-version":[102],"state":[103,110],"use":[105,146],"by":[106],"new":[107],"code;":[108],"such":[109],"transformation":[111],"is":[112,116],"often":[113],"necessary":[114],"significantly":[117],"more":[118],"difficult":[119],"prior":[121],"systems.":[123],"We":[124],"have":[125],"used":[126],"update":[129,157],"six":[130],"popular,":[131],"open-source,":[132],"single-":[133],"multithreaded":[135],"programs":[136],"find":[138],"few":[140],"changes":[142],"are":[143,159],"required":[144],"it":[149],"incurs":[150],"essentially":[151],"performance":[153],"overhead,":[154],"times":[158],"fast.":[160]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-04-10T15:06:20.359241","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}