Application of Interval Analysis to Error Control.

Abstract

We give simple examples of ways in which interval arithmetic can be used to alert instabilities in computer algorithms, roundoff error accumulation, and even the effects of hardware inadequacies. This paper is primarily tutorial. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA034480

Entities

People

  • J. Michael Yohe

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Arithmetic
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Instability
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • Numbers
  • Real Numbers
  • Real Variables
  • Standards
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Theoretical Analysis.