SCIENTIFIC IDEAS AND THEIR THREATMENT


IDEA/HYPOTHESIS/SOLUTION

For each scientific idea (or hypothesis, or solution), 
three issues are important:

1. That the idea is original (different enough from anything else in the 
   open literature), and built on the top of some existing solution 
   (everything has fundations).

2. That the idea is related to an important application (not
   irrelevant), and that it is implementable in a modern tehnology (not
   undoable).

2. That the idea is potentially better than any other existing idea (or
   solution) in the open literature, based on criteria of importance
   (for the research sponsor).


HOW TO PROVE THAT AN IDEA IS ORGINAL ?

1. By exhaustive search thru journals and conferences
   of leading societies.

2. By non-exhaustive search thru reports and thesis
   of leading universities.

3. By zero search thru patents and catalogs
   of leading industries


HOW TO PROVE THAT AN IDEA IS IMPORTANT AND DOABLE ?

1. By connecting the importance and an urgent need 
   (hot application)

2. By connecting the doability and a modern tehnology 
   (economical implementation)

3. By showing that the future importance/cost ratio 
   is asymptotically decreasing, 
   as the application and the technology of the future change!


HOW TO DEMONSTRATE THAT AN IDEA IS BETTER ?

In order to demonstrate that an idea (or hypothesis or solution) is
better compared to the best one among the existing solutions,
one has to apply an appropriate research methodology in the evaluation 
process. This process implies:

1. Analytical modelling 
   (to show underlying conditions, assumptions, and details) 
2. Simulation analysis 
   (to show performace/speed/etc)
3. Implementational analysis 
   (to show complexity/cost/etc)

Ph.D. is nothing else but a proof that a person is able to treat 
scientific problems with scientific methodologies, and has to be the 
beginning (and not the end) of a scientific carrier!