The phrase "aids to calculation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to tools, methods, or resources that assist in performing calculations or mathematical operations.
Example: "The new software provides various aids to calculation, making it easier for engineers to analyze complex data."
Alternatives: "calculating tools" or "calculation aids".
As an aid to convenient calculation, Ptolemy also composed the Procheiroi kanones (Handy Tables), in which the astronomical tables of the Almagest were expanded and accompanied by directions for using them but were stripped of the theoretical discussion.
In addition to the calculator and computer, there are a number of math teaching aids to assist in performing basic calculations, including finger calculation methods such as Chizanbop and devices such as Cuisinaire rods, Dienes blocks, and Napier's rods.
Nevertheless, aids to practitioners are necessary to implement Bayesian methods, since the calculations in these approaches are sometimes complex.
The final range in values for each scale can be used to provide preliminary guidance when interpreting changes in scores on the measures and to aid calculation of sample sizes needed for clinical studies.
In many cases these parameters are expressed as proportions to aid calculation so for example perfect performance would be characterized as a p(Hit) = 1.0, p(Miss) = 0, p CR) = 1.0 and p FA) = 0.
The insulin pumps include a Medtronic Bolus Wizard, to aid calculation of insulin doses.
Owing to the computational expense of fully simulating lots of points in a generic SUSY space to aid the calculation of the likelihoods, the limits published by experimental collaborations are frequently interpreted in slices of reduced parameter spaces.
Energy simulation programs like DOE-2 and EnergyPlus are tools that have been proven to aid with energy calculations to predict energy use in buildings.
An article on Dec. 19 about Long Island school districts' concerns over a proposed reformulation of state aid to education misstated the Nassau County comptroller's calculation of state aid as a percentage of Suffolk public schools' revenues.
I tend to think it won't come to that, but who knows?" Correction: December 26 , 2004 Sunday An article on Dec. 19 about Long Island school districts' concerns over a proposed reformulation of state aid to education misstated the Nassau County comptroller's calculation of state aid as a percentage of Suffolk public schools' revenues.
