The common understanding for Accuracy and Precision in English language is given by this figure.
Inspired by this question I have a follow up question relating Accuracy
and Precision
in Mathematica and Wolfram language.
How do we understand the relationship between Accuracy
and Precision
in the following example?
Accuracy[
SetPrecision[
SetAccuracy[
12.3
, 20], 15]
]
13.9101
Precision[
SetAccuracy[
SetPrecision[
12.3
, 20], 15]
]
16.0899
Where is this 13.9101 and 16.0899 coming from, exactly.
Given an operation, such as Subtract
, Plus
or Times
.
How do we predict the Accuracy
and Precision
of the outcome?
Precision[
Times[
SetPrecision[10, 3] ,
SetPrecision[1, 7]
]]
2.99996
Precision[
Plus[
SetPrecision[10, 3] ,
SetPrecision[1, 7]
]]
3.04139
Accuracy[
Plus[
SetAccuracy[10, 3] ,
SetAccuracy[1, 7]
]]
2.99996
Accuracy[
Times[
SetAccuracy[10, 3] ,
SetAccuracy[1, 7]
]]
2.99957