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Authors Guidelines

The document provides guidelines for formatting a paper submission, including: - Using a 1.5 line spacing, A4 page size, and normal margins throughout the paper - Specifying fonts and font sizes for paper elements like the title, author names, affiliations, abstract, keywords, headings, body text, figures, and references - Providing instructions on formatting items like headings, equations, figures, tables, conclusions, and references

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Authors Guidelines

The document provides guidelines for formatting a paper submission, including: - Using a 1.5 line spacing, A4 page size, and normal margins throughout the paper - Specifying fonts and font sizes for paper elements like the title, author names, affiliations, abstract, keywords, headings, body text, figures, and references - Providing instructions on formatting items like headings, equations, figures, tables, conclusions, and references

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AUTHORS GUIDELINES

Please confirm to the following guidelines:

Line space: 1.5(For entire paper)


Page Size: A4 (For entire paper)
Margin: Normal (For entire paper)

Paper Title (Font size 18 Bold, Times New Roman)


First Author1, Second Author2 (Font size 14 Bold, Times New Roman)
1
(Department, College or University Name, Country Name) (Font size 11 Italic, Times New Roman)
2
(Department, College or University Name, Country Name) (Font size 11 Italic, Times New Roman)

ABSTRACT (Font size 11Bold, Times New Roman):


The abstract should summarize the content of the paper. Try to keep the abstract below 200 words.
Do not make references nor display equations in the abstract. (10 Italic Times New Roman)

Keywords (Font size 11Bold, Italic) - About five key words in alphabetical order, separated by
comma (Font size 11, Times New Roman, Italic)

INTRODUCTION (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)


The introduction of the paper should explain the nature of the problem, previous work, purpose, and
the contribution of the paper. The contents of each section may be provided to understand easily about
the paper. (10 Times New Roman)

II. HEADINGS (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)


The headings and subheadings, starting with "1. Introduction", appears in upper and lower case letters
and should be set in bold and aligned flush left. All headings from the Introduction to
Acknowledgements are numbered sequentially using 1, 2, 3, etc. Subheadings are numbered 1.1, 1.2,
etc. If a subsection must be further divided, the numbers 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc. The font size for heading is
11 points bold face and subsections with 10 points and not bold. Do not underline any of the headings,
or add dashes, colons, etc. (Font size 10 Times New Roman)

III. INDENTATIONS AND EQUATIONS (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)
The first paragraph under each heading or subheading should be flush left, and subsequent paragraphs
should have a five-space indentation. A colon is inserted before an equation is presented, but there is
no punctuation following the equation. All equations are numbered and referred to in the text solely
by a number enclosed in a round bracket (i.e., (3) reads as "equation 3"). Ensure that any
miscellaneous numbering system you use in your paper cannot be confused with a reference [4] or an
equation (3) designation. (Font size 10, Times New Roman)

IV. FIGURES AND TABLES (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)
To ensure a high-quality product, diagrams and lettering MUST be either computer-drafted or drawn
using India ink. Figure captions appear below the figure, are flush left, and are in lower case letters.
When referring to a figure in the body of the text, the abbreviation "Fig." is used. Figures should be
numbered in the order they appear in the text. Table captions appear centered above the table in upper
and lower case letters. When referring to a table in the text, no abbreviation is used and "Table" is
capitalized. (Font size 10, Times New Roman)

V. CONCLUSION (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)


A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, and
possible applications of the paper. Although a conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do
not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the
work or suggest applications and extensions. (Font size 10, Times New Roman)

VI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (11, Times New Roman, Bold)


An acknowledgement section may be presented after the conclusion, if desired (Font size 10, Times
New Roman)

REFERENCES (Font size 11, TIMES NEW ROMAN, BOLD)


This heading is not assigned a number. A reference list MUST be included using the following
information as a guide. Only cited text references are included. Each reference is referred to in the text
by a number enclosed in a square bracket (i.e., [3]). References must be numbered and ordered
according to where they are first mentioned in the paper, NOT alphabetically.

Examples follow:

Journal Papers:

[1] M Ozaki, Y. Adachi, Y. Iwahori, and N. Ishii, Application of fuzzy theory to writer recognition of
Chinese characters, International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 18(2), 1998, 112-116. (10,
Times New Roman)
Note that the journal title, volume number and issue number are set in italics.

Books:
[2] R.E. Moore, Interval analysis (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966).(10, Times New
Roman)
Note that the title of the book is in lower case letters and italicized. There is no comma following the
title. Place of publication and publisher are given.

Theses:
[3] D.S. Chan, Theory and implementation of multidimensional discrete systems for signal
processing, doctoral diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1978. (10, Times
New Roman)

Note that thesis title is set in italics and the university that granted the degree is listed along with
location information

Proceedings Papers:

[4] W.J. Book, Modeling design and control of flexible manipulator arms: A tutorial review, Proc.
29th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, San Francisco, CA, 1990, 500-506 (10, Times New
Roman)

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