On the Numerical Accuracy of Spreadsheets

On the Numerical Accuracy of Spreadsheets

This paper discusses the numerical precision of five spreadsheets (Calc, Excel, Gnumeric, NeoOffice and Oleo) running on two hardware platforms (i386 and amd64) and on three operating systems (Windows Vista, Ubuntu Intrepid and Mac OS Leopard). The methodology consists of checking the number of corr...

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Main Authors: Alejandro C. Frery, Antonio C. Medeiros, Alyson L. C. Oliveira, Bruno Lopes, Marcelo G. Almiron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2010-10-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Subjects:
numerical accuracy
spreadsheet software
statistical computation
OpenOffice.org Calc
Microsoft Excel
Gnumeric
NeoOffice
GNU Oleo
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/v34/i04/paper

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