BEST POSSIBLE FLOATING POINT ARITHMETIC.

Abstract

The report presents an algorithm for floating point arithmetic, using single-length arithmetic registers, which yields the most accurate approximation which can be expressed in the given floating point format, the greatest lower bound, or the least upper bound for the result of the operation, whichever is specified by the programmer. This makes the algorithm particularly useful for implementation of interval arithmetic. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0713699

Entities

People

  • J. Michael Yohe

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Arithmetic
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Intervals

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Geodesy