A Proposed Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic

1981/03/01 by D. Stevenson · 109 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Arithmetic #Binary number #Computer science #Floating point #Mathematics #Numerical Methods and Algorithms #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #Parallel computing #Point (geometry) #Programming language #Quality (philosophy) #Software

paper · doi:10.1109/c-m.1981.220377

published in Computer 14(3), 51-62 (IEEE Computer Society)

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Abstract

Offered here for public comment, this proposed standard facilitates transportation of numerically oriented programs and encourages development of high-quality numerical software.

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