Is it bad to reference ideas which have not yet been defined in detail within the abstract for a research paper? For example, if I have a section (lets say section 4) in my paper that defines a new concept such as "The Quadrilateral Optimization", within my abstract, would it be acceptable to write "The Quadrilateral Optimization (§4) excels specifically with points that are randomly generated."
Answer
A paper containing a concept X can be cited with respect to X if any one or more of the following applies:
- X is clearly defined
- An intuition of X is provided
- A constraint of X is explained
- An application of X is experimented
- An application concerning X is accounted
- A logically contradicting definition of X is theorized
A mere inclusion of the name of the concept X does not mean that it deserves to be cited
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