This paper introduces RankOpt, a linear binary classifier which optimises the area under the ROC curve (the AUC). Unlike standard binary classifiers, RankOpt adopts the AUC stat...
Abstract— We investigate a widely popular Least-RecentlyUsed (LRU) cache replacement algorithm with semi-Markov modulated requests. Semi-Markov processes provide the flexibility...
Object caching is often used to improve the performance of mobile applications, but the gain is often lessened by the additional load of maintaining consistency between an origina...
Chinese abbreviations are widely used in modern Chinese texts. Compared with English abbreviations (which are mostly acronyms and truncations), the formation of Chinese abbreviati...
Final year students in the Bachelor of Computing complete an industry project where they work in teams to build an IT system for an external client. Grading projects in these circ...