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Corresponding Authors Name, Address, Affiliation and Email:

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(Note: In this document the Author applies to each author listed above.)

1 Rights Granted

This document represents an agreement between the Author and Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg (hereinafter called
Springer) and between the Author and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).
The Author hereby grants and assigns to Springer the sole, transferable right to reproduce, publish, distribute, transmit, make
available or otherwise communicate to the public, publicly perform, archive, store, lease or lend and sell the Contribution or parts
thereof individually or together with other works in any language, in all revisions and versions (including soft cover, book club
and collected editions, anthologies, advance printing, reprints or print to order, microfilm editions, audiograms and videograms),
in all forms and media of expression including in electronic form (including offline and online use, push or pull technologies, use
in databases and networks for display, print and storing on any and all stationary or portable end user devices, e.g. text readers,
audio, video or interactive devices, and for use in multimedia or interactive versions as well as for the display or transmission of
the works or parts thereof in data networks or search engines), in whole, in part or in summarized form, in each case as now known
or developed in the future, throughout the world, subject to limitations specified in the publishing agreement between Springer
and IFIP. For purposes of use in electronic form, Springer may adjust the Contribution to the respective form of use and include
links or otherwise combine it with other works. Springer may use the Contribution for advertising purposes.
The Author transfers the copyright on the Contribution to IFIP. Springer will print the following copyright notice in the Contribution:
Copyright International Federation for Information Processing YEAR. Published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg
YEAR. All Rights Reserved.
Springer will take, either in its own name or in the name of IFIP or the Author, any necessary steps to protect the copyright
against infringement by third parties. It will have the copyright notice inserted into all editions of the Contribution according to
the provisions of the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) and dutifully take care of all formalities in this connection.
If the Author performed the work described in the Contribution as government work that is not subject to copyright protection,
the Author transfers the publishing rights to Springer to the extent transferable, and the copyright is not transferred to IFIP.

2 Rights Retained by the Author

The Author retains, in addition to uses permitted by law, the right to communicate the content of the Contribution to other
scientists, to share the Contribution with them in manuscript form, to perform or present the Contribution or to use the content for
non-commercial internal and educational purposes, provided the IFIP-Springer publication is mentioned as the original source of
publication in any printed or electronic materials.
The Author retains the right to republish the Contribution in any collection consisting solely of the Authors own works without
charge and subject only to notifying Springer in writing prior to such publication of the intent to do so and to ensuring that the
IFIP-Springer publication is properly credited and that the relevant copyright notice is repeated verbatim.
The Author may self-archive an author-created version of his/her Contribution on his/her own website and/or in his/her institutional
repository, including his/her final version. He/she may also deposit this version on his/her funders or funders designated repository

at the funders request or as a result of a legal obligation, provided it is not made publicly available until 12 months after official
publication. He/she may not use the publishers PDF version, which is posted on www.springerlink.com, for the purpose of selfarchiving or deposit. Furthermore, the author may only post his/her version provided acknowledgement is given to the original
source of publication and a link is inserted to the published article on Springers website. The link should be accompanied by the
following text: The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
The Author retains the right to use his/her Contribution for his/her further scientific career by including the final published paper
in his/her dissertation or doctoral thesis provided acknowledgement is given to the original source of publication. The Author also
retains the right to use, without having to pay a fee, parts of the Contribution (e.g., illustrations) for inclusion in future work, and
to publish a substantially revised version (at least 30% new content) elsewhere, provided that the original Contribution is properly
cited.
An employer who originally owned copyright retains the right to distribute definitive copies of its author-employees work within
its organization. Posting these works is limited to noncommercial access and personal use within the employers organization, and
must include any copyright notice embedded within the full text file of the definitive version and in any accompanying citation
display as well.

3 Warranties
The Author warrants that his/her Contribution is original except for such excerpts from copyrighted works (including illustrations,
tables, and text quotations) as may be included with the permission of the copyright holder thereof, in which case(s) the Author
warrants that written permission has been obtained for all copyrighted material and that the precise source has been indicated
in the Contribution. Springer has the right to permit others to use individual illustrations within the usual limits. The Author
warrants that the Contribution has not heretofore been published, that it contains no libelous statements and does not infringe on
any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory rights or proprietary rights of others. The Author releases and discharges Springer and
IFIP from any cost, expenses, damages, or other liability for which Springer or IFIP may become liable as a result of any breach
of these warranties.

4 Delivery of the Contribution and Publication

The Author agrees to deliver to the responsible Editor(s) on a date to be agreed upon the manuscript created according to the
Instructions for Authors. Springer agrees to publish the said Contribution at its own cost and expense.

5 Authors Discount
The Author is entitled to purchase for personal use (directly from Springer) books published by Springer at a discount of 33 1/3%
off the list price. Resale of such books is not permitted.

6 Entire Agreement
This agreement shall be deemed to be made under and shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic
of Germany.

7 Additional Provisions
The Corresponding Author signs for and accepts responsibility for releasing this material on behalf of any and all Co-Authors.
Signature of Corresponding Author:

Date:

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Complete the following only if the Contribution represents work supported by a government and is not subject to copyright
transfer:
I certify that the work leading to the Contribution identified above was done with government support and is not subject to
copyright transfer.
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Date:

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