Interactive numerals

Although Arabic numerals (like ‘2016’ and ‘3.14’) are ubiquitous, we show that in interactive computer applications they are often misleading and surprisingly unreliable. We introduce interactive numerals as a new concept and show, like Roman numerals and Arabic numerals, interactive numerals introd...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thimbleby, Harold, Cairns, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
Materias:
Computer Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28484609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160903
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Sumario:Although Arabic numerals (like ‘2016’ and ‘3.14’) are ubiquitous, we show that in interactive computer applications they are often misleading and surprisingly unreliable. We introduce interactive numerals as a new concept and show, like Roman numerals and Arabic numerals, interactive numerals introduce another way of using and thinking about numbers. Properly understanding interactive numerals is essential for all computer applications that involve numerical data entered by users, including finance, medicine, aviation and science.

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