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Using Objects of Measurement to Detect Spreadsheet Errors
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Michael J. Coblenz, Andrew J. Ko, Brad A. Myers, "Using Objects of Measurement to Detect Spreadsheet Errors," Visual Languages - Human Centric Computing, pp. 314-316, 2005 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC'05), 2005.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/VLHCC.2005.67,
author = {Michael J. Coblenz and Andrew J. Ko and Brad A. Myers},
title = {Using Objects of Measurement to Detect Spreadsheet Errors},
journal ={Visual Languages - Human Centric Computing},
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year = {2005},
isbn = {0-7695-2443-5},
pages = {314-316},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2005.67},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
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Michael J. Coblenz, Carnegie Mellon University
Andrew J. Ko, Carnegie Mellon University
Brad A. Myers, Carnegie Mellon University
There are many common spreadsheet errors that traditional spreadsheet systems do not help users find. This paper presents a statically-typed spreadsheet language that adds additional information about the objects that the spreadsheet values represent. By annotating values with both units and labels, users denote both the system of measurement in which the values are expressed as well as the properties of the objects to which the values refer. This information is used during computation to detect some invalid computations and allow users to identify properties of the resulting values.
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Michael J. Coblenz, Andrew J. Ko, Brad A. Myers, "Using Objects of Measurement to Detect Spreadsheet Errors," vlhcc, pp.314-316, 2005 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC'05), 2005
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