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| diff --git a/software/chapter.tex b/software/chapter.tex index e1b42f5..372acdf 100644 --- a/software/chapter.tex +++ b/software/chapter.tex @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Quoting Soergel:    More likely, it systematically alters every data point, or occurs in some downstream aggregate
    step with effectively global consequences.  %
    In general, software errors produce outcomes that are inaccurate, not merely imprecise.  %
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  \end{dquote}
  On a more positive note, better software development practices may be ``low-hanging-fruit'' that
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  In Python, HDF5 is supported primarily through the h5py package. \cite{h5py}  %
 +Many scientific disciplines have built custom file formats on top of the HDF5 standard.  %
 +These include biological imaging \cite{DoughertyMatthewT2009a}, scanning transmission X-ray
 +microscopy \cite{WattsBenjamin2016a}, scalable nucleotide tallies \cite{PylPaulTheodor2014a}, and
 +even ultrasonic concrete data \cite{PrinceLuke2017a}.
 +
  \section{Scientific Python}  % --------------------------------------------------------------------
  SciPy is a collection of \emph{``open-source software for mathematics, science, and egnineering.''}
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