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Logistics is the technique of correct calculation.
Calculation is a process or operation which derives a required number from several numbers whose properties are given. The numbers are either named or derived geometrically. But definitions and notation come first in Logistics, and calculation proceeds from them.
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Rice, B., González-Velasco, E., Corrigan, A. (2017). De Arte Logistica. In: The Life and Works of John Napier. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53282-0_8
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