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Refactoring is a change made to the internal structure of software to make it easier to understand and cheaper to modify without changing its observable behaviour. A database refactoring is a small change to the database schema which…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2010-09-09 Patrick O'Beirne

Document segmentation is a method of rending the document into distinct regions. A document is an assortment of information and a standard mode of conveying information to others. Pursuance of data from documents involves ton of human…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-03-05 N. Priyadharshini , M. S. Vijaya

Spreadsheets are used extensively in industry, often for business critical purposes. In previous work we have analyzed the information needs of spreadsheet professionals and addressed their need for support with the transition of a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2011-11-30 Felienne Hermans , Martin Pinzger , Arie van Deursen

There has been a significant amount of research into spreadsheets over the last two decades. Errors in spreadsheets are well documented. Once used mainly for simple functions such as logging, tracking and totalling information, spreadsheets…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Mukul Madahar , Pat Cleary , David Ball

The ability to read, write, and speak mathematics is critical to students becoming comfortable with statistical models and skills. Faster development of those skills may act as encouragement to further engage with the discipline. Vocabulary…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2025-07-08 Tess O'Brien

Discrete mathematics is the foundation of computer science. It focuses on concepts and reasoning methods that are studied using math notations. It has long been argued that discrete math is better taught with programming, which takes…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-10-07 Yanhong A. Liu , Matthew Castelllana

Spreadsheets are widely used, and studies have shown that most end-user spreadsheets contain nontrivial errors. To improve end-users productivity, recent research proposes the use of a model-driven engineering approach to spreadsheets. In…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2011-12-20 Laura Beckwith , Jácome Cunha , João Paulo Fernandes , João Saraiva

It is now widely accepted that errors in spreadsheets are both common and potentially dangerous. Further research has taken place to investigate how frequently these errors occur, what impact they have, how the risk of spreadsheet errors…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2010-01-26 David Nixon , Mike O'Hara

This paper offers a brief review of cognitive verbs typically used in the literature to describe standard spreadsheet practices. The verbs identified are then categorised in terms of Bloom's Taxonomy of Hierarchical Levels, and then rated…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2008-07-21 Garry Cleere

In computer programming languages, indentation formats program source code to improve readability. Programming languages make use of indentation to define program structure .Programmers use indentation to understand the structure of their…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2013-11-14 Niranjan Kumar Parvatham

This chapter argues for more informed target metrics for the statistical processing of stylistic variation in text collections. Much as operationalised relevance proved a useful goal to strive for in information retrieval, research in…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-05-11 Jussi Karlgren

This paper describes a framework for a systematic classification of spreadsheet errors. This classification or taxonomy of errors is aimed at facilitating analysis and comprehension of the different types of spreadsheet errors. The taxonomy…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Kamalasen Rajalingham , David R. Chadwick , Brian Knight

In this note I describe reliability standards for writing and reviewing mathematical papers; these standards are (in my opinion) vital for the progress of mathematics. I give examples of applying the described or other reliability…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2025-07-08 A. Skopenkov

Research on spreadsheet errors is substantial, compelling, and unanimous. It has three simple conclusions. The first is that spreadsheet errors are rare on a per-cell basis, but in large programs, at least one incorrect bottom-line value is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-02-22 Ray Panko

This paper describes a new type of spreadsheet which mitigates the errors caused by incorrect range referencing in formulae. This spreadsheet is composed of structured worksheets called tables which contain a hierarchical organization of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-01-31 Ted Hawkins , Andrew Lemon , Alec Gibson

Spreadsheet tools are widely accessible to and commonly used by K-12 students and teachers. They have an important role in data collection and organization. Beyond data organization, spreadsheets also make data visible and easy to interact…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2025-06-05 Oren Tirschwell , Nicholas Jon Horton

Information on different fields which are collected by users requires appropriate management and organization to be structured in a standard way and retrieved fast and more easily. Document classification is a conventional method to…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2019-09-18 Madjid Khalilian , Shiva Hassanzadeh

Because spreadsheets have a large and growing importance in real-world work, their contents need to be controlled and validated. Generally spreadsheets have been difficult to verify, since data and executable information are stored…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2008-07-22 John C. Nash , Neil Smith , Andy Adler

Spreadsheets are characterized by their extensive two-dimensional grids, flexible layouts, and varied formatting options, which pose significant challenges for large language models (LLMs). In response, we introduce SpreadsheetLLM,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Haoyu Dong , Jianbo Zhao , Yuzhang Tian , Junyu Xiong , Shiyu Xia , Mengyu Zhou , Yun Lin , José Cambronero , Yeye He , Shi Han , Dongmei Zhang

Modern ERP systems contain flexible report generators but the tendency exists for users to export data to spreadsheets for manipulation, reporting and decision making. A purported reason for this is that some users are more familiar with…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-03-11 No'am Newman