intelligent "recalc" algorithms for spreadsheets

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From: Steven D. Litvintchouk
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 17:42

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I am interested in finding out about algorithms employed by
spreadsheet programs, for automatically recomputing the sheet whenever
a cell is changed.  That is, optimized algorithms that attempt to
minimize the number of unnecessary recomputations, deal with
circularities, etc.


Thanx in advance!



Steven Litvintchouk
MITRE Corporation
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Subject: intelligent "recalc" algorithms for spreadsheets
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