[PRE REVIEW]: PyXAB - A Python Library for X-Armed Bandit and Online Blackbox Optimization

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Submitting author: @WilliamLwj (Wenjie Li)
Repository: https://github.com/WilliamLwj/PyXAB
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Editor: @drvinceknight
Reviewers: @Otomisin, @KBodolai
Managing EiC: Arfon Smith

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Reference check summary (note 'MISSING' DOIs are suggestions that need verification):

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- 10.1007/s10208-015-9296-2 is OK
- 10.1145/1374376.1374475 is OK
- 10.1287/moor.2021.1220 is OK
- 10.48550/ARXIV.1807.02811 is OK
- 10.1109/TIT.2015.2409256 is OK
- 10.48550/ARXIV.2205.15268 is OK

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- 10.1609/aaai.v35i11.17156 may be a valid DOI for title: Federated Multi-Armed Bandits
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- 10.1609/aaai.v30i1.10212 may be a valid DOI for title: Algorithms for Differentially Private Multi-Armed Bandits
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[arfon]

@WilliamLwj - thanks for your submission to JOSS. We're currently managing a large backlog of submissions and the editor most appropriate for your area is already rather busy.

For now, we will need to waitlist this paper and process it as the queue reduces. Thanks for your patience!

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@editorialbot invite @drvinceknight as editor

👋 @drvinceknight – I realize this submission is a bit out of your wheelhouse but I'm trying to burn down the long-running #DSAIS backlog. Would you be willing to edit this submission for JOSS?

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[drvinceknight]

Yes I am :)

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@editorialbot assign me as editor

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[WilliamLwj]

Hi,

I hope you are having a nice day!

We submitted the paper around 4 months ago. Could you let us know its current status? Is it still waiting to be reviewed?

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Wenjie

[drvinceknight]

Thank you for your patience @WilliamLwj. I am now able to take care of your paper properly.

If you haven't already would you be able to take a look at the list of people to see if you able to recommend any reviewers.

[WilliamLwj]

Thank you @drvinceknight for getting back to me! I did try to search through the list but I wasn't sure how to nominate/recommend the reviewers. Some of the suitable reviewers are [@pescap]
[@Otomisin] [@KBodolai] [@holl-].

[drvinceknight]

👋 @pescap, @Otomisin, @KBodolai & @holl-, would any of you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? We carry out our checklist-driven reviews here in GitHub issues and follow these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/review_criteria.html

[Otomisin]

Hi @drvinceknight, I am happy to review. Since it's m first will you be kind to have a second look when I am done? More so, is there a timeline we're working with?

[drvinceknight]

That's great thank you @Otomisin and yes I'll be here to help :) No strict timeline but would appreciate you staying in touch if things are going to take you a little while.

First step for me is finding a second reviewer, once I have done that I will start the review process (which will happen on another issue here on GitHub).

Any questions let me know.

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[KBodolai]

@drvinceknight , I'm happy to review

[drvinceknight]

Great thank you @KBodolai

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OK, I've started the review over in #6507.

[holl-]

@drvinceknight Sorry, I'm too busy at the moment.