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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 8 months ago
The mystery of "b : = (b = false)"
This paper describes some unusual patterns that emerged from a statistical analysis of the 1988 Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science. Most multiple-choice questions on the ...
Stuart Reges
AVI
2008
13 years 9 months ago
Visualizing program similarity in the Ac plagiarism detection system
Programming assignments are easy to plagiarize in such a way as to foil casual reading by graders. Graders can resort to automatic plagiarism detection systems, which can generate...
Manuel Freire
CORR
2008
Springer
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13 years 8 months ago
Polynomial Linear Programming with Gaussian Belief Propagation
Abstract--Interior-point methods are state-of-the-art algorithms for solving linear programming (LP) problems with polynomial complexity. Specifically, the Karmarkar algorithm typi...
Danny Bickson, Yoav Tock, Ori Shental, Danny Dolev
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 8 months ago
A case study of retention practices at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Computer science is seeing a decline in enrollment at all levels of education. One key strategy for reversing this decline is to improve methods of student retention. This paper, ...
Tanya L. Crenshaw, Erin W. Chambers, Heather Metca...
FDG
2009
ACM
14 years 23 days ago
Can middle-schoolers use Storytelling Alice to make games?: results of a pilot study
In this paper we share experiences from two 2-week summer courses for middle-school students in game programming using Storytelling Alice (SA). The students spent 20 hours learnin...
Linda L. Werner, Jill Denner, Michelle Bliesner, P...