Many approaches have been proposed for early classification of time series in light of its significance in a wide range of applications including healthcare, transportation and finance. However, recently a preprint saved on Arxiv claim that all research done for almost 20 years now on the Early Classification of Time Series is useless, or, at the very least, ill-oriented because severely lacking a strong ground. In this paper, we answer in detail the main issues and misunderstandings raised by the authors of the preprint, and propose directions to further expand the fields of application of early classification of time series.

翻译：鉴于时间序列在包括保健、交通和金融在内的广泛应用中的重要性,提出了许多早期分类方法,但最近,Arxiv公司声称,近20年来对时间序列早期分类所做的所有研究都毫无用处,或至少由于严重缺乏坚实基础,因此方向不正确,因此,对时间序列早期分类提出了许多办法;在本文件中,我们详细回答了预印文件作者提出的主要问题和误解,并提出了进一步扩大时间序列早期分类应用领域的方向。