DocumentCode
880023
Title
Conversion of units of measurement
Author
Novak, Gordon S., Jr.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Volume
21
Issue
8
fYear
1995
fDate
8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
651
Lastpage
661
Abstract
Algorithms are presented for converting units of measurement from a given form to a desired form. The algorithms are fast, are able to convert any combination of units to any equivalent combination, and perform dimensional analysis to ensure that the conversion is legitimate. Algorithms are also presented for simplification of symbolic combinations of units. Application of these techniques to perform automatic unit conversion and unit checking in a programming language is described
Keywords
data structures; programming languages; software metrics; automatic unit conversion; dimensional analysis; equivalent combination; programming language; software measurement; symbolic combinations; symbolic representation; unit checking; units of measurement; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Books; Computer languages; Data analysis; Guidelines; Measurement units; Performance analysis; Programming profession; Web sites;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/32.403789
Filename
403789
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