Re: A Topological Relational Algebra in Lisp

Derek Asirvadem wrote:
>> On Monday, 12 January 2015 00:25:31 UTC+11, Norbert_Paul wrote:
>>
>> I would like to draw your attention to ...
>>
>> A
>> I am mainly interested in comments from practicioners if they see any
>> potential practical application of my results. I am thinking of databases
>> for geo-information, CAD-data, or, in general, applications that must
>> handle topological data with arbitrary topologies.
>>
>> B
>> So the idea was to extend the relational model in the following way ...
>>
>> C
>> I am interested in a discussion here, because it seemed that reviewers
>> tended to frown on my (any my co-workers) work ...
>
> It is not clear to me, precisely what you are looking for from us:
>
> A. Confirm/deny that the research is valuable and that it has many applications.
>
> B. [Your ongoing work] Confirm or discuss the method you are embarking on, to make the server and db more useful, more functional, to progress the research. Discuss any methods we may have used.
>
> C. Read some of your papers, and provide more relevant reviews, than your past reviewers. Hopefully because we are not scared of the mathematics involved. Discuss the three concerns your past reviewers raised.

So, I am interested in A,B, and, partially, C. A: I personally see many practical applications because the approach

    unifies any attempt to model topological data. B: The discussion I experienced within the scientific community

    (Conferences, Conference and Journal Reviewers) was extremely     frustrating. So I thought this group could be a better forum     for two reasons:
    (1) every post is public. I know that publishing reviewer remarks

        is considerd bad habit, even if they are abviously nonsense.     (2) The personal interests are different. I have had a paper rejected

        for not being able to prove that the approach is novel, according to the
        reviewer. Then, last year, the editor of that journal co-authored an
        article with the concept of a "complex" that very much resembles
    http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2009/02/27/comjnl.bxn054.short
        So it depends on who you are, iff your ideas are considered "novel" or
        not.

    http://scholar.google.de/citations?user=ZZMZCY4AAAAJ     (Note that another Norbert Paul is listed there, too.)     I am posting here as an experiment with a different discussion platform.

> Cheers
> Derek

Than you
Norbert Received on Sat Jan 17 2015 - 13:38:52 CET