Title
Interval Arithmetic and Computational Science: Rounding and Truncation Errors in N-Body Methods
Abstract
Interval arithmetic is an alternative computational paradigm that enables arithmetic operations to be performed with guarantee error bounds. In this paper interval arithmetic is used to compare the accuracy of various methods for computing the electrostatic energy for a system of point charges. A number of summation approaches that scale as O(N2) are considered, as is an O(N) scaling Fast Multipole Method (FMM). Results are presented for various sizes of water cluster in which each water molecule is described using the popular TIP3P water model. For FMM a subtle balance between the dominance of either rounding or truncation errors is demonstrated.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/ICCSA.2007.49
ICCSA Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
computational science,water molecule,truncation errors,various size,n-body methods,fast multipole method,alternative computational paradigm,interval arithmetic,water cluster,various method,paper interval arithmetic,arithmetic operation,tip3p water model,electric fields,computational complexity,computational sciences,truncation error,floating point arithmetic,electrostatic energy
Mathematical optimization,Floating point,Affine arithmetic,Algorithm,Rounding,Truncation error (numerical integration),Fast multipole method,Interval arithmetic,Scaling,Mathematics,Computational complexity theory
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-2945-3
1
0.43
References 
Authors
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alistair P. Rendell120934.55
Bill Clarke2212.90
Pete P. Janes3343.38
Josh Milthorpe4284.67
Rui Yang5182.91