GENETIC PROGRAMMING AND EVOLVABLE MACHINES


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REVIEWER'S STATEMENT

It is understood that the following statement is correct:  I have read this
paper.  I am not at the same institution as
(any of) the author(s).  I do not have an especially close relationship (or
an antagonistic relationship) with the
author(s).  This review is my own opinion and work and has not been
delegated to anyone.  I will regard any new
intellectual content of this paper as confidential and will not disclose or
use it until such time as it gets published
under the author's name or otherwise becomes publicly known.

The following questions should provide you with some guidelines for
reviewing the work under consideration.
Please feel free to comment on any other aspect of the manuscript you want.

1.  GOALS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
Are the research goals and contributions of this work clearly stated?  Do
the contributions meet the goals?

2.  PRESENTATION
Is the paper well organized and well written?  Does it use standard
terminology?  Does the paper describe problems and
solution methods in sufficient detail for readers to replicate the work?

3.  EVALUATION
Is the approach evaluated carefully enough?  Does the paper include
systematic experiments, a careful theoretical
analysis, or give evidence of generality?

4.  REFERENCES
Does the paper discuss relevant earlier work, noting similarities,
differences and progress?  Does it give proper
credit to other contributions to the field?

5.  DISCUSSION
Does it discuss the limitations of the approach as well as its advantages?
Does it consider the implication of the
work and outline directions for future work?

6.  GENERAL
Does the paper make a significant, technically sound contribution to its
field?  Is publication in GPEM
appropriate?


7.  RECOMMENDATION (please choose one)

______ Accept without modification

______ Accept subject to corrections (below)

______ Reject (any advice on modifications for potential resubmission to
this or another journal is welcome)


8.  CATEGORY (please suggest one) 
The journal of "Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines" publishes
contributions in a number of categories.

______ Review Article (no limits)

______ Articles (up to 30 journal pages)

______ Letters (up to 6 journal pages)

______ Research Notes (up to 3 journal pages)




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