Performance Analysis of BigDecimal Arithmetic Operation in Java
The Java programming language provides binary floating-point primitive data types such as float and double to represent decimal numbers. However, these data types cannot represent decimal numbers with complete accuracy, which may cause precision errors while performing calculations. To achieve bette...
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| author | Jos Timanta Tarigan Elviawaty M. Zamzami Cindy Laurent Ginting |
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| description | The Java programming language provides binary floating-point primitive data types such as float and double to represent decimal numbers. However, these data types cannot represent decimal numbers with complete accuracy, which may cause precision errors while performing calculations. To achieve better precision, Java provides the BigDecimal class. Unlike float and double, which use approximation, this class is able to represent the exact value of a decimal number. However, it comes with a drawback: BigDecimal is treated as an object and requires additional CPU and memory usage to operate with. In this paper, statistical data are presented of performance impact on using BigDecimal compared to the double data type. As test cases, common mathematical processes were used, such as calculating mean value, sorting, and multiplying matrices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fceb1c6071e848b2941455e68b846b6b2022-12-21T19:59:00ZengITB Journal PublisherJournal of ICT Research and Applications2337-57872338-54992018-12-0112310.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.2018.12.3.5Performance Analysis of BigDecimal Arithmetic Operation in JavaJos Timanta Tarigan0Elviawaty M. Zamzami1Cindy Laurent Ginting2Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jalan Universitas No.9, Padang Bulan, Medan Baru, Kota Medan 20222, Sumatera UtaraFaculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jalan Universitas No.9, Padang Bulan, Medan Baru, Kota Medan 20222, Sumatera UtaraFaculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jalan Universitas No.9, Padang Bulan, Medan Baru, Kota Medan 20222, Sumatera Utara,The Java programming language provides binary floating-point primitive data types such as float and double to represent decimal numbers. However, these data types cannot represent decimal numbers with complete accuracy, which may cause precision errors while performing calculations. To achieve better precision, Java provides the BigDecimal class. Unlike float and double, which use approximation, this class is able to represent the exact value of a decimal number. However, it comes with a drawback: BigDecimal is treated as an object and requires additional CPU and memory usage to operate with. In this paper, statistical data are presented of performance impact on using BigDecimal compared to the double data type. As test cases, common mathematical processes were used, such as calculating mean value, sorting, and multiplying matrices.http://journals.itb.ac.id/index.php/jictra/article/view/7278BigDecimal arithmetic operationfloating-point arithmeticnumerical programmingoptimizationprogramming language |
| spellingShingle | Jos Timanta Tarigan Elviawaty M. Zamzami Cindy Laurent Ginting Performance Analysis of BigDecimal Arithmetic Operation in Java Journal of ICT Research and Applications BigDecimal arithmetic operation floating-point arithmetic numerical programming optimization programming language |
| title | Performance Analysis of BigDecimal Arithmetic Operation in Java |
| title_full | Performance Analysis of BigDecimal Arithmetic Operation in Java |
| title_fullStr | Performance Analysis of BigDecimal Arithmetic Operation in Java |
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| title_short | Performance Analysis of BigDecimal Arithmetic Operation in Java |
| title_sort | performance analysis of bigdecimal arithmetic operation in java |
| topic | BigDecimal arithmetic operation floating-point arithmetic numerical programming optimization programming language |
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