This page lists papers relevant to floating point, floating point error, and the mitigation of floating point error.
Higham, Nick, 2013, "Accuracy and Stability of Numerical Algorithms", SIAM
Alt, Franz, 1948a, A Bell Telephone Laboratories’ Computing Machine—I
Alt, Franz, 1948b, A Bell Telephone Laboratories’ Computing Machine—II
Brooker, R. A. and D. J. Wheeler, 1953, "Floating Operations on the EDSAC", ACM Discussions, Math. Tables and Other Aids to Computation 7, 37-47 1 1953.