A systematic program design method can help developers ensure the correctness and performance of programs while minimizing the development cost. This book describes a method that starts with a clear specification of a computation and derives an efficient implementation by step-wise program analysis and transformations. The method applies to problems specified in imperative database functional logic and object-oriented programming languages with different data control and module abstractions. Designed for courses or self-study this book includes numerous exercises and examples that require minimal computer science background making it accessible to novices. Experienced practitioners and researchers will appreciate the detailed examples in a wide range of application areas including hardware design image processing access control query optimization and program analysis. The last section of the book points out directions for future studies. Language: English