[PRE REVIEW]: EKF_CAL: Extended Kalman Filter-based Calibration and Localization

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Submitting author: !--author-handle-->@JHartzer<!--end-author-handle-- (Jacob Hartzer) Repository: https://github.com/unmannedlab/ekf_cal/ Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): Version: 0.5 Editor: Pending Reviewers: Pending Managing EiC: Kyle Niemeyer

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Software report:

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Commit count by author:

   526  Jacob
     1  JHartzer
     1  Jacob Hartzer

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

✅ OK DOIs

- 10.1109/SSRR56537.2022.10018692 is OK
- 10.1109/SDF-MFI59545.2023.10361310 is OK
- 10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196524 is OK
- 10.48550/arXiv.2205.14087 is OK
- 10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487628 is OK

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- No DOI given, and none found for title: Computer Vision Toolbox version: 24.1 (R2022b)

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- None

❌ INVALID DOIs

- None

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Paper file info:

📄 Wordcount for paper.md is 1455

✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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License info:

🟡 License found: GNU General Public License v3.0 (Check here for OSI approval)

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[kyleniemeyer]

Hi @JHartzer, we will use this pre-review issue to find an editor and reviewers, and resolve any issues.

Although I can see that your software package meets most of our requirements (documentation, installation instructions, etc.), I'm not sure about a test suite. At minimum, we need instructions on manually testing the full functionality of the software; normally, we want to see—and reviewers will request—an automated test suite for unit and functional testing. (And at best, hooked into continuous integration.)

[JHartzer]

Hello @kyleniemeyer! Thank you for the initial feedback. I do have a test suite (that is not yet automated) for code testing and coverage. I've updated the main README and documentation landing to hopefully make that a little more clear. I can also take an action to work on a CI pipeline.

As far as reviewer suggestions, here is a list of possibilities from similar authors and a keyword search:

• AKuederle
• stevemacenski
• abougouffa
• mhu48
• Mechazo11

[kyleniemeyer]

@JHartzer please do work on the CI pipeline; generally this isn't too challenging to set up with GitHub Actions.

@pdebuyl could you edit this?

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@editorialbot invite @pdebuyl as editor

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Invitation to edit this submission sent!

[JHartzer]

The unit tests are now being performed automatically with a github workflow!

[kyleniemeyer]

@JHartzer great! Although, it looks like the README badge is not rendering properly - perhaps the link is incorrect?

[JHartzer]

Thanks for the catch! That should be resolved now. It was a classic case of 'it works on my machine' using a private test repo badge.

[pdebuyl]

Hi @kyleniemeyer I can't take this submission right now, sorry.

[kyleniemeyer]

@JHartzer unfortunately, we do not have any other editors available to handle this, so it will have to go on our waitlist until someone frees up.