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To accept or not to accept: The dilemma of an SPC a case study of AAAI-2013 paper. Ariel Felner Ben-Gurion University Israel. How deep a review can get?. Statistics about the review of the paper Four reviewers, all experts in the field. 79 comments - 32,323 words.
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To accept or not to accept: The dilemma of an SPCa case study of AAAI-2013 paper Ariel Felner Ben-Gurion University Israel
How deep a review can get? • Statistics about the review of the paper • Four reviewers, all experts in the field. • 79 comments - 32,323 words. • Paper itself – 5,576 words.
Agreements between the reviewers • The method nicely extends previous work. • Positive results over a baseline algorithm in a number of different domains • The paper is clear and motivated.
Initial opinions • Reviewers 1&2: weak accept • Reviewer 3: borderline • Issues with the parameters of the new algorithm. • Reviewer 4: weak reject: • Missing crucial experiments: • Did not compare to the algorithm it builds upon • No experiments with other related algorithms
Discussion phase • 79 comments where reviewers discuss the issues • Reviewers try to convince the others to change their opinion.
Rebuttal Phase • Authors in their rebuttal: • “We already have data for several fixed perimeters for the base algorithm…. We will add this data to the paper.” • The rebuttal and the discussion thereafter did not change the basic opinions.
The dilemma of the SPC • We have two options: • 1) Accept the paper and encourage the authors to address the issues. • 2) Reject the paper. Too many experimental additions are required by the reviewers. Let’s reject it. • Reviewers 1 and 2: clearly vote for accept. • Reviewer 4: clearly vote for reject. • Reviewer 3: sitting on the borderline. • SPC: (as reviewer 5): eplison below the borderline.
Solution • Conditional accept. Let the authors add the missing experiments and we will have another round of reviews.
Lessons to learn: • Authors: • Trust the system. The reviewers and SPC are there for you • Carefully write your rebuttal. • PC: deep discussion will reveal the points of disagreements and the different opinions. • SPC: Try to find creative resolutions. Think beyond the box.