NDLI: Numerical accuracy and program efficiency

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Jones, Owen Maillardet, Robert Robinson, Andrew
Copyright Year	2014
Description	When using a computer to perform intensive numerical calculations, there are two important issues we should bear in mind: accuracy and speed. In this chapter we will consider technical details about how computers operate, and their ramifications for programming practice, particularly within R. We look at how computers represent numbers, and the effect that this has on the accuracy of computation results. We also discuss the time it takes to perform a computation and programming techniques for speeding things up. Finally we consider the effects of memory limitations on computation efficiency. Book Name: Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R
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Ending Page	204
Page Count	18
Starting Page	187
DOI	10.1201/b17079-16
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2014-06-12
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R Hardware and Architecturee Ramifications Perform a Computation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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