BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0 ID:: STAN//CS-TR-70-163 ENTRY:: November 06, 1995 ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science TITLE:: An algorithm for floating-point accumulation of sums with small relative error TYPE:: Technical Report AUTHOR:: Malcolm, Michael A. DATE:: June 1970 PAGES:: 26 ABSTRACT:: A practical algorithm for floating-point accumulation is presented. Through the use of multiple accumulators, errors due to cancellation are avoided. An example in Fortran is included. An error analysis providing a sharp bound on the relative error is also given. NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19951106] END:: STAN//CS-TR-70-163