Parameterization of the Environment for Transportable Numerical Software

Edttor's Note. This paper is a product of the IFIP Working Group on Numerical Software (WG 2 5) and has been approved by Techmcal Committee 2 of IFIP. A standard set of names and deflnihons is presented for machine parameters One of the purposes of TOMS Is to promote the interchange of algorithms, and machine parameterization is an important aspect of this. Authors are encouraged to adopt these names and definitions, and after a statable transition period, algorithms pubhshed in TOMS must adhere to this standard.--J R.R.