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ACII
2015
Springer
10 years 15 days ago
GOAALLL!: Using sentiment in the World Cup to explore theories of emotion
—Sporting events evoke strong emotions amongst fans and thus act as natural laboratories to explore emotions and how they unfold in the wild. Computational tools, such as sentime...
ACG
2015
Springer
10 years 16 days ago
Parameter-Free Tree Style Pipeline in Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search
Abstract. Asynchronous parallel game-tree search methods are effective in improving playing strength by using many computers connected through relatively slow networks. In game po...
Shu Yokoyama, Tomoyuki Kaneko, Tetsuro Tanaka
ACG
2015
Springer
10 years 16 days ago
LinUCB Applied to Monte-Carlo Tree Search
UCT is a standard method of Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) algorithms, which have been applied to various domains and have achieved remarkable success. This study proposes a family...
Yusaku Mandai, Tomoyuki Kaneko
ACG
2015
Springer
10 years 16 days ago
Draws, Zugzwangs, and PSPACE-Completeness in the Slither Connection Game
Two features set slither apart from other connection games. Previously played stones can be relocated and some stone configurations are forbidden. We show that the interplay of th...
Edouard Bonnet, Florian Jamain, Abdallah Saffidine
ACG
2015
Springer
10 years 16 days ago
Boundary Matching for Interactive Sprouts
The simplicity of the pen-and-paper game Sprouts hides a surprising combinatorial complexity. We describe an optimisation called boundary matching that accommodates this complexity...
Cameron Browne
ACG
2015
Springer
10 years 16 days ago
Development of a Program for Playing Progressive Chess
We present the design of a computer program for playing Progressive Chess. In this game, rather than just making one move per turn, players play progressively longer series of move...
Vito Janko, Matej Guid
ACG
2015
Springer
10 years 16 days ago
Feature Strength and Parallelization of Sibling Conspiracy Number Search
Abstract. Recently we introduced Sibling Conspiracy Number Search — an algorithm based not on evaluation of leaf states of the search tree but, for each node, on relative evaluat...
Jakub Pawlewicz, Ryan B. Hayward
ACE
2015
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How (not) to write an introductory programming exam
The computing education literature shows some recent interest in summative assessment in introductory programming, with papers analysing final examinations and other papers propos...
Simon, Judy Sheard, Daryl J. D'Souza, Mike Lopez, ...
ACE
2015
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10 years 16 days ago
Assessment in First-Year ICT Education in Australia: Research and Practice
This paper presents an investigation of assessment in firstyear Information and Communications Technology (ICT) courses with a focus on Australian universities. This study was par...
Judy Sheard, Michael Morgan, Matthew Butler, Katri...