Numerical Methods: Roundoff and Truncation Errors (1/2)
Channel: Jaisohn Kim VT
Date: 2021-05-19

Virginia Tech ME 2004: Numerical Methods: Roundoff and Truncation Errors (1/2)

This two-part sequence explains the difference between roundoff and truncation errors, why they're important, and how to combat them. Understanding these errors is critical to successfully analyzing an engineering system via numerical methods. 

Slides: https://github.com/tjkim96/Numerical-Methods-Codes/blob/4a0912f10ce1331177b6ec6260d5c2ed726e0c0d/02%20Advanced%20MATLAB/Numerical%20Errors%201.pdf
MATLAB GUI (originally by Cleve Moler, MathWorks): http://bit.ly/floatgui