Thimbleby Harold, Cairns Paul
Department of Computer Science, University of Swansea, Wales SA2 8PP, UK.
Department of Computer Science, University of York, York YO1 5DD, UK.
R Soc Open Sci. 2017 Apr 26;4(4):160903. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160903. eCollection 2017 Apr.
Although Arabic numerals (like '2016' and '3.14') are ubiquitous, we show that in interactive computer applications they are often misleading and surprisingly unreliable. We introduce as a new concept and show, like Roman numerals and Arabic numerals, interactive numerals introduce another way of using and thinking about numbers. Properly understanding interactive numerals is essential for all computer applications that involve numerical data entered by users, including finance, medicine, aviation and science.
尽管阿拉伯数字（如“2016”和“3.14”）无处不在，但我们发现，在交互式计算机应用程序中，它们常常具有误导性，且出人意料地不可靠。我们引入了“交互式数字”这一新概念，并表明，与罗马数字和阿拉伯数字一样，交互式数字引入了另一种使用和思考数字的方式。正确理解交互式数字对于所有涉及用户输入数值数据的计算机应用程序至关重要，包括金融、医学、航空和科学领域。
