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backward error analysis: a standalone construct

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Numerical analysis

judging an algorithm by showing that its computed result is the exact answer to a slightly perturbed version of the original problem.

In numerical analysis, backward error analysis refers to judging an algorithm by showing that its computed result is the exact answer to a slightly perturbed version of the original problem. This meaning comes from Wilkinson (1961) in Journal of the ACM.[1]

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References

Wilkinson, J. H. (1961). Error Analysis of Direct Methods of Matrix Inversion. Journal of the ACM, 8(3), 281-330. https://doi.org/10.1145/321075.321076

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