Title :
Conversion of units of measurement
Author :
Novak, Gordon S., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
fDate :
8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
