I am having trouble understanding the following:
"the achievable rate of the optimal AF scheme performs close to the cut-set like bound obtained in this paper"
I think that the word "like" (above) is intended to be used as a suffix to express the fact that the bound is "cut-set"-like.
My question is what to do in such a case to show the connection between the words. Is it
(a) "cut set-like"
(b) "cut-set-like"
(c) "cut set(en dash)like"
(d) something else
Please help me.
Best Answer
Generally speaking one should use a hyphenation when two or more words form a single adjective. One simple example might be "a four-lane highway." The highway is not a four and a lane but a four-lane. The hyphen ensures that no confusion ensues. Another example might be a 24-year-old girl. The girl is not 24, year, and old but rather a 24-year-old.
In your example of "cut-set like bound" the phrase would indicate that the bound is both like and cut-set. Although I do not understand exactly what the phrase means, I consider it unlikely that the bound is like. Accordingly, I recommend "the cut-set-like bound" as the optimum phrase.