Paper Format Guidelines
Paper Format Guidelines
ABSTRACT
The abstract should summarize the content of the paper Tr! to "eep the abstract belo# $%% #ords &o not ma"e references nor displa! e'uations in the abstract The (ournal #ill be printed from the same)sized cop! prepared b! !ou *our manuscript should be printed on A+ paper ,$- % cm . $/ 0 cm1 It is imperati2e that the margins and st!le described belo# be adhered to carefull! This #ill enable us to "eep uniformit! in the final printed copies of the Journal Please "eep in mind that the manuscript !ou prepare #ill be photographed and printed as it is recei2ed Readabilit! of cop! is of paramount importance a 'ive3space indentation& A colon is inserted .e'ore an e1uation is presented, .ut there is no punctuation 'ollo/ing the e1uation& All e1uations are num.ered and re'erred to in the te$t solely .y a num.er enclosed in a round .rac-et (i&e&, (+! reads as 0e1uation +0!& "nsure that any miscellaneous num.ering system you use in your paper cannot .e con'used /ith a re'erence 4,5 or an e1uation (+! designation&
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the introduction o' the paper should e$plain the nature o' the pro.lem, previous /or-, purpose, and the contri.ution o' the paper& )he contents o' each section may .e provided to understand easily a.out the paper&
Figure captions appear .elo/ the 'igure, are 'lush le't, and are in lo/er case letters& 7hen re'erring to a 'igure in the .ody o' the te$t, the a..reviation 0Fig&0 is used& Figures should .e num.ered in the order they appear in the te$t&
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)he headings and subheadings, starting /ith 0Introduction0, appear in upper and lo/er case letters and should .e set in bold and aligned flush left& All headings 'rom the (ntroduction to Ac-no/ledgements are num.ered se1uentially using 1, 2, +, etc& Su.headings are num.ered 1&1, 1&2, etc& (' a su.section must .e 'urther divided, the num.ers 1&1&1, 1&1&2, etc& )he 'ont si2e 'or heading is -- points bold face and subsections #ith -% points and not bold Do not underline any o' the headings, or add dashes, colons, etc&
)a.le captions appear centered a.ove the ta.le in upper and lo/er case letters& 7hen re'erring to a ta.le in the te$t, no a..reviation is used and 0)a.le0 is capitali2ed&
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A conclusion section must .e included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, and possi.le applications o' the paper& Although a conclusion may revie/ the main points o' the paper, do not replicate the a.stract as the conclusion& A conclusion might ela.orate on the importance o' the /or- or suggest applications and e$tensions&
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An ac-no/ledgement section may .e presented a'ter the conclusion, i' desired&
Chapters in Boo"s>
4+5 ?&8& *ishop, europhysiology o' .inocular vision, in >&@ouseman ("d&!, )andboo% of (hysiology, , ( e/ :or-# Springer3Aerlag, 1;BC! +,23+==& "ote that the (lace of (ublication, (ublisher, and year of (ublication are enclosed in brac%ets. *ditor of boo% is listed before boo% title.
RE:ERE4CES
This heading is not assigned a number.
A re'erence list M6ST .e included using the 'ollo/ing in'ormation as a guide& 8nly cited te$t re'erences are included& "ach re'erence is re'erred to in the te$t .y a num.er enclosed in a s1uare .rac-et (i&e&, 4+5!& 9e'erences must be numbered and ordered according to #here the! are first mentioned in the paper3 8) alpha.etically&
Theses>
4,5 D&S& Chan, Theory and im(lementation of multidimensional discrete systems for signal (rocessing, doctoral diss&, 6assachusetts (nstitute o' )echnology, Cam.ridge, 6A, 1;B<& "ote that thesis title is set in italics and the uni$ersity that granted the degree is listed along with location information
E.amples follo##
Journal Papers>
415 6 82a-i, :& Adachi, :& (/ahori, and & (shii, Application o' 'u22y theory to /riter recognition o' Chinese characters, International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 18( !, 1;;<, 112311=& "ote that the #ournal title, $olume number and issue number are set in italics.
Proceedings Papers>
4D5 7&>& *oo-, 6odelling design and control o' 'le$i.le manipulator arms# A tutorial revie/, 'roc. +th I*** ,onf. on -ecision and ,ontrol, San Francisco, CA, 1;;C, DCC3DC=& "ote that the (roceedings title is set in italic
Boo"s>
425 9&"& 6oore, Inter$al analysis ("ngle/ood Cli''s, ># ?rentice3@all, 1;==!& "ote that the title of the boo% is in lower case letters and italici&ed. There is no comma following the title. 'lace of (ublication and (ublisher are gi$en.