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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Autores principales: Thimbleby, Harold, Cairns, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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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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description 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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spelling pubmed-54142462017-05-08 Interactive numerals Thimbleby, Harold Cairns, Paul R Soc Open Sci Computer Science 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. The Royal Society Publishing 2017-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5414246/ /pubmed/28484609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160903 Text en © 2017 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
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