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Rampant Software Errors May ­ndermine Scientific Results


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Credit: Valencia College

 

The opportunities for both subtle and profound errors in software and data management are boundless, yet they remain surprisingly underappreciated. Any reported scientific result could very well be wrong if data have passed through a computer, and these errors may remain largely undetected. It is therefore necessary to greatly expand efforts to validate scientific software and computed results.

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