augh!

[ecogryff]

i got scooped! noooooo!

apparently, someone has used a case-based reasoner to predict the performance of a constructed wetland...much the same as i used a case-based reasoner to predict the success or failure of virtual ecosystems! and i can't even read the article to find out how badly i was scooped! augh!

Comments

[rhye]

Grrrrrrr. I've been there :(

[ecogryff]

yeah. lucky for me, there's enough difference in the particulars and in the reasons for using the technique that i'm not going to have to change my whole research method at this really late date.

[skorzy]

That's very bad.. potentially.

[ecogryff]

i should be okay. although they used the same technique, the system they applied it to...and the reasons for applying it...are different enough from my project that i think i can keep my originality clause.

i should probably make sure to acknowledge the paper, though, so i don't look like i'm trying to ignore its existence. Irvine wouldn't happen to have a subscription to Environmental Engineering Science, would it?

[skorzy]

I'll check after lab meeting this morning

[skorzy]

Give me the formal paper reference?

[elinor_dear]

But scoops are good right?

I mean, ice cream comes in scoops and everyone likes ice cream!

[ecogryff]

ah...if only this scoop was Haagen Daaz. : )

[ecogryff]

: ) thanks.

[delphine74]

That sucks! *hugz*

U of M does have that journal online...

[ecogryff]

i got a couple of routes still to try, but thanks so much for the offer. : )