Hi there, my research aim is to reduce latency in fog environment, and I have a baseline that I would like to compare my work to, in the baseline research paper, their proposed method was compared to a method called "no offloading" and they saved the latency by 40%. in my work, I compared my proposed method to the same method "no offloading" and I saved latency by 80%. the question is that do I have to do coding for the baseline (in the simulation) to officially comparing my work to?? the problem is that the baseline method consider different factors that I don't consider such as deadline, and the values of the parameter used in the baseline is different from mine.
Dear Faten Alenizi ,
Yes, you can compare your findings with someone else's findings to the same research question, even though you used different methods. Findings should be objective, not method dependent. Using the same method is a test of their replicability. You would need to discuss your use of a different method after you compare your findings as a possible limitation.
You may decide that it is in your interests to use the same method or to use a different method. It is your choice. The community is looking for an objective rationale that the choice you make is sensible and appropriate. You should also consider the amount of effort required and the size of the potential contribution you are making.
If you can remove methodology bias, then do that. But if not, just compare results but state that the methodology differed. You can only do your best
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