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On roundoff error distributions in floating point and logarithmic arithmetic (English)
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1985
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Probabilistic models of floating point and logarithmic arithmetic are constructed using assumptions with both theoretical and empirical justification. The justification of these assumptions resolves open questions of \textit{R. W. Hamming} [Bell Syst. Tech. J. 49, 1609-1625 (1970; Zbl 0211.467)] and \textit{J. Bustoz}, \textit{A. Feldstein}, \textit{R. Goodman} and \textit{S. Linnainmaa} [J. Assoc. Comput. Mach. 26, 716-730 (1979; Zbl 0429.65038)]. These models are applied to errors from sums and inner products. A comparison is made between the error analysis properties of floating point and logarithmic computers. We conclude that the logarithmic computer has smaller error confidence intervals for roundoff errors than a floating point computer with the same computer word size and approximately the same number range.
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floating point arithmetic
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Probabilistic models
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logarithmic arithmetic
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sums
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inner products
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comparison
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error confidence intervals
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roundoff errors
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