Explainable Linear Programs

I wrote a research paper on a novel use (or so I thought) of Linear Programming for how to optimize selection of cloud resources. The feedback I received was that application of LP in a newish area is not publishable and does not cover new ground. So don&#x27;t write research papers about a new application of LP. It still covers the known and common cases of LP. No new ground to cover here.<p>Knowing that and thinking about it more a couple years later, what the author seems to be describing is akin to BDD approach to LP model generation as an intermediary language before you get to the actual LP model. In this case, that approach is overshadowed by the use of LLMs.<p>Use of LLMs to generate English language is no longer novel nor new. Therefore, any application of LLMs that do that aren&#x27;t novel either.

Article entitled &quot;Explainable Linear Programs&quot; doesn&#x27;t explain a linear program, nor link to an explained linear program.

No offense to the author, but there&#x27;s a wealth of research (and tools) out there on this subject - robust optimization, stable theory, etc. (not requiring LLMs and ML buzzwords)