2402.12009
Moduli of Continuity in Metric Models and Extension of Liveability Indices.
Roger Arnau, J. M. Calabuig, Álvaro González, Enrique A. Sánchez Pérez
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- Specialist/Solid
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- Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM
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Audit review
The paper’s Theorem 3.5 and the approximation/error bound are essentially correct, but the proof implicitly assumes compactness of (D,d) via Proposition 3.3 without stating it in the theorem; this is a missing hypothesis. In addition, the text contains a K-factor mistake in the “moreover” consequences: after defining Ĩ = inf(I) + K lim dϕ(an,·), it claims both Ĩ(·) = I(a0) + dϕ(a0,·) and, in the normalized case, K Ĩ(·) = dϕ(a0,·), which are inconsistent—the correct normalized identity is Ĩ(·) = K dϕ(a0,·) when inf(I)=0. The candidate solution correctly derives the two-sided bounds and uniform error bound, gives a valid construction under separability (instead of compactness), and correctly fixes the K-factor in the “moreover” statement, while appropriately flagging the need for attainment/compactness for the single-point representation. See Theorem 3.5 and the surrounding discussion, including the compactness of standard indices used in the proof, and the inconsistent equalities after the theorem .
Referee report (LaTeX)
\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions \textbf{Journal Tier:} specialist/solid \textbf{Justification:} The core theorem and bounds are valuable and largely correct, with practical implications for interpretable index extension under composition metrics. The proof uses compactness that is not stated in the theorem, and a small K-factor error appears in the written consequences. These issues are easy to fix and do not undermine the main contribution.