method

Definition

The most neutral word for what a paper proposes. A title of the form 'A Method for X' names the goal rather than a branded artifact, which is itself informative: the contribution is a procedure, not a released model. Algorithm points at concrete steps and approach at a general stance; method comfortably covers both, which is why it survives in titles when nothing snappier fits.

Explainers using this term

• Beyond SGD — Adam, Second-Order Methods, and Constrained OptimizationAdam: A Method for Stochastic Optimization