[R] protential rounding error concern

[R. Michael Weylandt]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Jie <jimmycloud at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am running a r code on 32bit win, involving absolutely small numbers.
> Although I tried sth like the ratio of numers like 10^(-100) and did not
> have issue to get the correct answer,
> but still a little concerned about it.
> Could anyone give some suggestion or have any experience?

This would be a canonical reference:

http://www.validlab.com/goldberg/paper.pdf.

Hope this helps,
M

>
> Best wishes,
> Jie
>
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