Hi all! I am a new phd student (started 4 months ago) and I think this forum is great!
I have 3 questions and hope someone can clarify my doubts.
1. When we do literature survey, do we need to understand totally other people's algorithms, or do we only need to know roughly what people have done?
2. Is using an existing algorithm for a new product considered "original"? (my research is more application based)
3. When we write papers, must we include every little detail? If i avoid writing something which gives better experimental results but does not have theoretical justification, will that be "cheating"?
Thank you very much!