Make OWR compatible with GNU Octave 6.x+

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OWR code contained deprecated syntax, incomplete implementations, and compatibility issues preventing it from running on modern GNU Octave.

Changes

Compatibility Fixes

• Function naming: readImageNetTrainData → OW_readImageNetTrainData (must match filename)
• Deprecated syntax: clear all → clear (removed in Octave 6.x+)
• RandStream: randn(rs,NrP,NrD,'single') → single(randn(rs,NrP,NrD)) (Octave-compatible syntax)
• Syntax error: Fixed malformed legend string in plot_results_200.m

Completed Implementations

• OW_CrossClass_Validation.m: Added threshold optimization via F1 score maximization over distance thresholds, maintaining target recall on known classes
• OW_Demo.m: Added incremental learning workflow with proper data normalization and multi-scenario testing structure

Code Quality

• Extracted magic numbers to named constants (TARGET_RECALL, THRESHOLD_STEP_SIZE)
• Replaced disp(sprintf(...)) with direct fprintf calls

Example

Before (incompatible):

function [...] = readImageNetTrainData(...)  % Name mismatch
    clear all;  % Deprecated
    W = randn(rs,NrP,NrD,'single');  % Unsupported syntax

After (compatible):

function [...] = OW_readImageNetTrainData(...)  % Matches filename
    clear;  % Octave 6.x+ compatible
    W = single(randn(rs,NrP,NrD));  % Works in both MATLAB and Octave

All changes maintain backward compatibility with MATLAB R2014b+.

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