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Float

Known as: Float Value, Floating-point, Floating-Point Number 
A number that can have its decimal point in any position.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Training deep neural networks with low precision multiplications
Multipliers are the most space and power-hungry arithmetic operators of the digital implementation of deep neural networks. We… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Hierarchical Nearest-Neighbor Gaussian Process Models for Large Geostatistical Datasets
Abstract Spatial process models for analyzing geostatistical data entail computations that become prohibitive as the number of… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
BRIEF: Computing a Local Binary Descriptor Very Fast
Binary descriptors are becoming increasingly popular as a means to compare feature points very fast while requiring comparatively… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Monte Carlo simulation of photon migration in 3D turbid media accelerated by graphics processing units.
We report a parallel Monte Carlo algorithm accelerated by graphics processing units (GPU) for modeling time-resolved photon… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Geometrically Accurate Topology-Correction of Cortical Surfaces Using Nonseparating Loops
In this paper, we focus on the retrospective topology correction of surfaces. We propose a technique to accurately correct the… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Control of permanent-magnet generators applied to variable-speed wind-energy systems connected to the grid
Wind energy is a prominent area of application of variable-speed generators operating on the constant grid frequency. This paper… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Adaptive Precision Floating-Point Arithmetic and Fast Robust Geometric Predicates
Exact computer arithmetic has a variety of uses, including the robust implementation of geometric algorithms. This article has… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Differential evolution: a fast and simple numerical optimizer
  • K. Price
  • Proceedings of North American Fuzzy Information…
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 61324310
Differential evolution (DE) is a powerful yet simple evolutionary algorithm for optimizing real-valued multi-modal functions… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Statistical theory of quantization
The effect of uniform quantization can often be modeled by an additive noise that is uniformly distributed, uncorrelated with the… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Geometric properties of random disk packings
Random packings ofN⩽2000 rigid disks in the plane, subject to periodic boundary conditions on a square primitive cell, have been… 
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