Cain Project Support Materials for COMP 482 - Fall 2007
The Cain Project supports development and implementation of
the group project (analysis of algorithms and data structures)
in this course.
View the Assignment Description.
View A Guide to Writing a Successful Paper on an analysis
of Algorithms and Data Structures.
View the Grading Form for the Draft and Final Report.
View the Peer Evaluation Form.
in Interpreting and Graphing Data
this site to see some common problems students have
had interpreting and graphing data.
Advice on Displaying Data in Written Documents
COMP 482 Figure Bestiary
||The sheer volume of data dealt with in
this assignment challenges you to find ways to help
readers digest it. Your skill at presenting data influences
your grade as much as your ability to run the algorithm
comparisons or write the report.
Here are some general tips
on working with figures in written documents such as
this report. We have also assembled what we affectionately refer
to as the COMP
482 Figure Bestiary, which contains examples from real
How to Read a Scientific Article
This article provide information on the structure and logic of scientific
||Writing for Computer Science, by Justin
Zobel, 2e, Springer.