Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering Review Form

General Information

Log Number:	TKDE-1234-4321
Manuscript Title:	Efficient Time Series Indexing
Reviewer Name:	Hannu Toivonen
Date Review Assigned:	Jan 1, 2005
Date Review Due:	Feb 15, 2005

Section I. Overview

A. Reader Interest

1. Which category describes this manuscript?
	Practice / Application / Case Study / Experience Report
	Research / Technology
	Survey / Tutorial / How-To

2. How relevant is this manuscript to the readers of this periodical? Please explain your rating under IIIA. Public Comments.
	Very Relevant
	Relevant
	Interesting - but not very relevant
	Irrelevant

B. Content

1. Please explain how this manuscript advances this field of research and / or contributes something new to the literature. Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.

2. Is the manuscript technically sound? Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.
	Yes
	Appears to be - but didn't check completely
	Partially
	No

C. Presentation

1. Are the title, abstract, and keywords appropriate? Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.

Yes

2. Does the manuscript contain sufficient and appropriate references? Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.
	References are sufficient and appropriate
	Important references are missing; more references are needed
	Number of references are excessive

3. Does the introduction state the objectives of the manuscript in terms that encourage the reader to read on? Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.
	Yes
	Could be improved
	No

4. How would you rate the organization of the manuscript? Is it focused? Is the length appropriate for the topic? Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.
	Satisfactory
	Could be improved
	Poor

5. Please rate and comment on the readability of this manuscript. Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.
	Easy to read
	Readable - but requires some effort to understand
	Difficult to read and understand
	Unreadable

Section II. Summary and Recommendation

A. Evaluation

Please rate the manuscript. Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.
	Award Quality
	Excellent
	Good
	Fair
	Poor

B. Recommendation

Please make your recommendation. Please explain your answer under IIIA. Public Comments.
	Accept with no changes
	Author should prepare a minor revision
	Author should prepare a major revision for a second review
	Reject

In the event the manuscript is revised, you will be asked again to act as a reviewer.

Section III. Detailed Comments

A. Public Comments (these will be made available to the author)

*** In an effort to adhere to our strict page budget and maintain a healthy yet short publication queue, we are trying to better enforce our long standing page limitations and formatting guidelines with our authors. In order to help them adhere to these guidelines, we need your support. One way you can help us meet these objectives is by suggesting ways to maintain the lengths of their manuscripts should you decide to ask the author to add new content.***

B. Confidential Comments (authors will not see these comments)