The Expected Value of Hosoya Index and Merrifield–Simmons Index in a Random Cyclooctylene Chain

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

In the manuscript, the authors establish exact formulas for the expected value of the Hosoya and Merrifield-Simmons index of the random cyclooctylene chain. In addition, they obtain the average values of the Hosoya index and the Merrifield-Simmons index with respect to the set of all cyclooctylene chains with n octagons.

The results appear to be correct. The manuscript is well written, and the results and proofs are presented with claritr. Thus, I recommend the publication of this paper. I suggest the authors to present the manuscript in the journal format, including the bibliographic references.

Author Response

The manuscript has been submitted according to the periodical format. Thank you for your comment.

Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors,

Please make sure the manuscript's formatting is in line with the Axioms journal style.

Reorganize the abstract; clearly and brefly define the problem, methodology, novelty, contributions and results.

Add a discussion section; support with existing studies the contribution of the discussion sslection.

Add a conclusion section and discuss some limitations of your research.

Best regards,

Author Response

Thank you for your comments.

The manuscript has been submitted according to the periodical format.

The summary was reorganized to clearly and concisely define the problem, method, novelty, contribution and result.

A discussion section was added to support the contribution of existing research to discussion options.

The conclusion part is added, and some limitations of the study are discussed.

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

There are no other comments.