The suggestions in this paper are part of the terminology used in work for the University of Pennsylvania's Office of Computer Research and Education. The work is jointly…
August 1961 - Vol. 4 No. 8
Features
COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language) is an English Language programming system which is capable of being implemented on a wide variety of electronic digital…
A generalized polyphase merge algorithm
The k-generalized Fibonacci numbers are defined as in [1]. A polyphase merge (merging an equal number of sequences from k tapes onto a single unused tape) using k+1 tapes…
A 48-bit pseudo-random generator
A new 48-bit pseudo-random number generator, suitable for several computers, was tested statistically for randomness to determine its adequacy for use in Monte Carlo…
A note on multiple precision arithmetic
Since computers have means to detect overflow on addition or subtraction, this can be used in a multiple precision addition-subtraction subroutine to obviate a sign…
This note describes a rational approximation for the error function which has been found useful in a subroutine as an asymptotic expression of improved accuracy. While…