MSC: HIS2011 Accepted Paper 1

Below are the comments I received from my reviewers of the paper, which I recently submitted to HIS 2011.

PAPER: 159
TITLE: Evolutionary Spiking Neural Networks as Racing Car Controllers
AUTHORS: Elias Yee and Jason Teo

REVIEW 1

OVERALL RATING: 1 (weak accept)
REVIEWER'S CONFIDENCE: 4 (expert)
How relevant is this manuscript for HIS 2011 attendees? Please explain under Public Comments:: 4 (good)
Is the manuscript technically sound? Please explain your answer under Public Comments:: 4 (good)
How would you rate the organization of the manuscript? Is it focused? Is the length appropriate for the topic?: 3 (fair)
Please rate the readability of the manuscript. Explain your rating under Public Comments below:: 3 (fair)

This paper employs evolutionary programming to improve the control of open racing car simulator. It is interesting.

However, several revisions should be done. First, lots of cited references are lost in reference list, such as Figueira and Roque (2011), Vázquez and Garro (2011), Daun-Gruhn and Büschges (2011), Munoz, Gutierrez, and Sanchis (2010), and Jakobsen (2007).

Secondly, please clearly introduce of your models and provide some necessary figures or flowchart with some essential brief explanation vis-à-vis the text to understand the implementing procedure.

Finally, please provide some necessary comparison among the proposed model and other alternatives.


REVIEW 2

OVERALL RATING: 2 (accept)
REVIEWER'S CONFIDENCE: 2 (medium)
How relevant is this manuscript for HIS 2011 attendees? Please explain under Public Comments:: 4 (good)
Is the manuscript technically sound? Please explain your answer under Public Comments:: 4 (good)
How would you rate the organization of the manuscript? Is it focused? Is the length appropriate for the topic?: 4 (good)
Please rate the readability of the manuscript. Explain your rating under Public Comments below:: 4 (good)

Interesting paper