A Bayesian Dynamic Inference Approach Based on Extracted Gray Level Co-Occurrence (GLCM) Features for the Dynamical Analysis of Congestive Heart Failure
, Areej A. Malibari 4, Mohamed K. Nour 5, Marwa Obayya 6, Heba Mohsen 7, Adil Yousif 8 and Manar Ahmed Hamza 9,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
(1) Please check p.2 Alinea 2. Some sentences do not have a similar font size.
(2) Please check p.6 equation 1. The author mention m variables. Is it correct?
(3) It is not clear the transition from equation (3) to (4). Please give a brief explanation.
(4). It is not really common in statistics, the p-value is presented in percentage.
(5). Improve the conclusion section. It should define the finding clearly.
Author Response
Reviewer # 1:
Comment
Are the methods adequately described?
Response
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 148-205.
Comment 1
(1) Please check p.2 Alinea 2. Some sentences do not have a similar font size.
Response 1
The issue has been addressed
Comment 2
(2) Please check p.6 equation 1. The author mention m variables. Is it correct?
Response 2
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 157.
Comment 3
(3) It is not clear the transition from equation (3) to (4). Please give a brief explanation
Response 3
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 175-178.
Comment 4
(4). It is not really common in statistics, the p-value is presented in percentage.
Response 4
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 301 last column of Table 1.
Comment 5
(5). Improve the conclusion section. It should define the finding clearly.
Response 5
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 339-356.
Author Response File: 
Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
- The outline of paper should be added.
- Abbreviation Section should be listed.
- Which Bayes approach the authors used. Explain.
- Significance of cluster prominence node with all nodes at selected cluster states. Explain.
- What do you mean the symbol ?=<?,?>? before Eq. (1).
- Put the index under variable "Consider X= {X1, X2, X3, ……Xn} a set of m dimensional variables".
- Rewrite "Schematic Diagram based on Bayesian inference Analysis on target node based on extracted Fuzzy entropy features.". Small letters should be modified.
- More details around the arc analysis mutual information (MI) with node size of normalized mean should be reported.
- English language should be revised.
- Did the authors read 98 references, try to use only the related references to the topic.
- The labels of Tables 2-4 should be revised.
- Conclusion Section is poor.
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
Author Response
Reviewer # 2:
Comment 1
1.The outline of paper should be added.
Response 1
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 104-108.
Comment 2
- Abbreviation Section should be listed.
Response 2
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 366-391.
Comment 3
- Which Bayes approach the authors used. Explain
Response 3
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 170-204.
Comment 4
- Significance of cluster prominence node with all nodes at selected cluster states. Explain
Response 4
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 291-299.
Comment 5
- What do you mean the symbol =< , >? before Eq. (1).
Response 5
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 158.
Comment 6
- Put the index under the variable “X= {X1, X2, X3, ……Xn} a set of n dimensional variables”
Response 6
The issue has been addressed; the manuscript is formatted accordingly. see highlighted text in red color in lines 157.
Comment 7
- Rewrite "Schematic Diagram based on Bayesian inference Analysis on target node based
on extracted Fuzzy entropy features.". Small letters should be modified
Response 7
The issue has been addressed
Comment 8
- More details around the arc analysis mutual information (MI) with node size of
normalized mean should be reported.
Response 8
The issue has been addressed; the manuscript is formatted accordingly. see highlighted text in red color in lines 249-256.
Comment 9
- English language should be revised.
Response 9
The issue has been addressed; whole manuscript is edited for English
Comment 10
- Did the authors read 98 references, try to use only the related references to the topic.
Response 10
The issue has been addressed; the irrelevant text and references removed, and additional relevant literature with references is added as suggested by the esteemed reviewer.
Comment 11
- The labels of Tables 2-4 should be revised.
Response 11
The issue has been addressed.
Comment 12
- Conclusion Section is poor.
Response 12
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 340-357.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 3 Report
The study is an interesting one. I have only a few points.
1. The main contribution of the study may be highlighted in the introduction section pointwise.
2. Can another similar dataset be used to verify the outcome?
3. A comparison of the current study with the state-of-the-art studies in the domain may be interesting.
4. Limaitations and future work of the study may be highlighted in the conclusion section.
Author Response
Reviewer # 3:
Comment 1
- The main contribution of the study may be highlighted in the introduction section pointwise.
Response 1
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 89-103.
Comment 2
- Can another similar dataset be used to verify the outcome?
Response 2
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 257-275, 331-338, 351-358.
Comment 3
- A comparison of the current study with the state-of-the-art studies in the domain may be interesting.
Response 3
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 257-275, 331-338, 351-358.
Comment 4
- Limaitations and future work of the study may be highlighted in the conclusion section.
Response 4
The issue has been addressed and details have been incorporated, see highlighted text in red color in lines 351-358.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
I accept publication in the current form.
