Re: [boost] Automated error analysis with correlation

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-14 13:50:17

AMDG

Schrom, Brian T wrote:
> Steven,
>
> A couple of general comments:
>
> 1.  I would appreciate having this type of error analysis in boost, so I
> encourage development in this area
> 2.  I would like to have "pluggable" methods of error tracking.  For
> example, most of the time I want partial derivatives with the
> dependencies tracked, but sometimes I want to know the absolute error of
> a calculation.
>   

I definitely agree.  The code I posted originally was just for proof of 
concept.

> 3.  I've used the units library quite a bit since it was accepted and
> made my own class for handling errors, but a nice integration of these
> two ideas would be nice to see in boost too.
>   

Hopefully they should work together without extra effort...

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe