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Rounding, stipulation and notation issues in measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2013

F. Pavese
F. Pavese*
Affiliation:
Torino, Italy
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⋆ Correspondence: frpavese@gmail.com
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Abstract

In the context of measurement and of the definition of measurement units, a problem well known in computing science, the inherent propagation and accumulation of rounding errors throughout the intermediate steps of numerical calculation, is discussed in this paper, with some issues in notation, namely of integer numbers.

Keywords

Notationroundingstipulation
Type
Research Article
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International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , 2013 , pp. 41 - 45
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© EDP Sciences 2013

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