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Device used for calculations
A calculator is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics. Wikipedia →
đź§ Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CalculatorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: K-Alpha Calculator–Krippendorff's Alpha Calculator: A user-friendly tool for computing Krippendorff's Alpha inter-rater reliability coefficientInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: CalculusThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Genetic Power Calculator: design of linkage and association genetic mapping studies of complex traitsCited 1,770 times
- Go sideways: 4-bit computingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Scientific calculatorA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; an electronic one specifically.
Noun A person who performs mathematical calculation.
Noun A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
Noun A set of mathematical tables.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Genetic Power Calculator: design of linkage and association genetic mapping studies of complex traits
Development and Evaluation of the Universal ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator: A Decision Aid and Informed Consent Tool for Patients and Surgeons
CPC2: a fast and accurate coding potential calculator based on sequence intrinsic features
Mordred: a molecular descriptor calculator
OligoCalc: an online oligonucleotide properties calculator
A Cosmology Calculator for the World Wide Web
PIC: Protein Interactions Calculator
DRAC: Dose Rate and Age Calculator for trapped charge dating
🆕 Influential since 2022
K-Alpha Calculator–Krippendorff's Alpha Calculator: A user-friendly tool for computing Krippendorff's Alpha inter-rater reliability coefficient
Importance of genotype for risk stratification in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy using the 2019 ARVC risk calculator
Development and validation of an interpretable machine learning-based calculator for predicting 5-year weight trajectories after bariatric surgery: a multinational retrospective cohort SOPHIA study
Arrhythmic risk prediction in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: external validation of the arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy risk calculator
PASCal Python: A Principal Axis Strain Calculator
📚 Books worth reading
CalculusRon Larson · 1988
What If?Randall Munroe · 1980
Calculus Made EasySilvanus Phillips Thompson · 1914
CalculusJames Stewart · 1986
Calculus with analytic geometryHoward Anton, Albert Herr · 1980
PrecalculusMichael Joseph Sullivan Jr., Michael Sullivan III · 1988
Elementary StatisticsRon Larson · 1999
Single Variable CalculusJames Stewart · 1987
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