abstracts

[eub]

Say an academic article has an abstract that sets things up and then closes with "we campare blah blah blah". No description, in the abstract, of the results of the comparison.

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Comments

[platypuslord.livejournal.com]

Is this like a survey, where they compare umpteen different heuristic algorithms for blah blah blah? 'Cos in that case the results probably aren't all that dramatic, and leaving that out is a minor point.

If they're comparing their own work to someone else's, that is more serious. If they're comparing their own work to someone else's unfavorably, then much more so.

[eub.livejournal.com]

That's a sensible distinction. No need to discuss which of those kinds this particular paper is, but I Have Made My Decision.

[eub.livejournal.com]

(And thank you all, and I'll be looking you up when I need my integrated spleen managed.)