Title
Interval arithmetic and computational science: performance considerations
Abstract
Interval analysis is an alternative to conventional floating-point computations that offers guaranteed error bounds. Despite this advantage, interval methods have not gained widespread use in large scale computational science applications. This paper addresses this issue from a performance perspective, comparing the performance of floating point and interval operations for some small computational kernels. Particularly attention is given to the Sun Fortran interval implementation, although the strategies introduced here to enhance performance are applicable to other interval implementations. Fundamental differences in the operation counts and memory references requirements of interval and floating point codes are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1007/11758501_33
International Conference on Computational Science (1)
Keywords
Field
DocType
interval implementation,sun fortran interval implementation,performance consideration,performance perspective,small computational kernel,interval method,large scale computational science,interval operation,interval arithmetic,floating point code,interval analysis,floating point,computer science,computer programming languages,performance
Computer science,Floating point,Fortran,Implementation,Computational science,Storage management,Interval arithmetic,Computation
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
3991
0302-9743
3-540-34379-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.41
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alistair P. Rendell120934.55
Bill Clarke2212.90
Josh Milthorpe3284.67