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The bell laboratories numerical mathematics program library project

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W M Gentleman,

J F TraubAuthors Info & Claims

ACM '68: Proceedings of the 1968 23rd ACM national conference

Pages 485 - 490

https://doi.org/10.1145/800186.810612

Published: 01 January 1968 Publication History

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Most computer facilities have “program libraries.” All too often the library is inadequate because:

1. The latest and best algorithms are not used.

2. When several routines are available which purport to do the same job, there is little or no indication as to which one is best, and under what circumstances.

3. Certain basic programs are completely missing.

4. Certification is haphazard. Routines are not, and should not be, trusted. (By certification we mean a stamp of approval that someone other than the author has tested the program and that the tests were “successful.” Certification must be accompanied by documentation of the tests.)

5. Documentation is inadequate: the method used is not divulged, values of fundamental constants are not given, limitations are not properly described.

6. Often the routines are incompatible with respect to calling sequence or data format and cannot be used together.

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N A CLARK W J CODY K E HILLSTROM E A THIELEKER Performance statistics of the FORTRAN IV (H) library for the IBM system/360 Argonne National Liabrary Report ANL-7321

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Einarsson BGentleman W(1984)Mixed language programmingSoftware—Practice & Experience10.1002/spe.438014041014:4(383-392)Online publication date: 18-Jun-1984
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Boyle JCody WCowell WGarbow BIkebe YMoler CSmith BDonovan J(1972)NATS a collaborative effort to certify and disseminate mathematical softwareProceedings of the ACM annual conference - Volume 210.1145/800194.805838(630-635)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1972
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The bell laboratories numerical mathematics program library project
1. Mathematics of computing
  1. Mathematical analysis
    1. Numerical analysis
      1. Numerical differentiation
  2. Mathematical software
2. Theory of computation
  1. Design and analysis of algorithms

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ACM '68: Proceedings of the 1968 23rd ACM national conference

January 1968

821 pages

ISBN:9781450374866

DOI:10.1145/800186

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Wilkinson J(2007)Some comments from a numerical analystACM Turing award lectures10.1145/1283920.1283925Online publication date: 1-Jan-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1283920.1283925
Einarsson BGentleman W(1984)Mixed language programmingSoftware—Practice & Experience10.1002/spe.438014041014:4(383-392)Online publication date: 18-Jun-1984
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1002/spe.4380140410
Boyle JCody WCowell WGarbow BIkebe YMoler CSmith BDonovan J(1972)NATS a collaborative effort to certify and disseminate mathematical softwareProceedings of the ACM annual conference - Volume 210.1145/800194.805838(630-635)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1972
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/800194.805838
Traub J(1972)Numerical mathematics and computer scienceCommunications of the ACM10.1145/361454.36146215:7(537-541)Online publication date: 1-Jul-1972
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/361454.361462
(1971)THE PAPERSMathematical Software10.1016/B978-0-12-587250-8.50012-6(51-396)Online publication date: 1971
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Usow K(1969)SIGNUM subroutine certification committeeACM SIGNUM Newsletter10.1145/1198442.11984454:3(15-18)Online publication date: 1-Oct-1969
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