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<p align="left"><strong>Dear Contributors,</strong><br><br>
We have compiled a simple list of editorial rules to help you proofread your contributions.<br>
These editorial rules are enforced through the selection process and camera-ready preparation.<br><br>
-- IARIA Logistics Team</p>
<p align="left"> <u>Note</u>: If you have more to add to these recommendations, please email them to <a href="mailto:cosmin@iaria.org?subject=Editorial%20Rules">cosmin@iaria.org</a> using subject "Editorial Rules"</p>
<p><strong>General Considerations</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Clarify the relation with the conference topics (either in title, abstract, or introduction section)</li>
<li>Identify a significant, challenging, not yet solved, or only partially solved problem</li>
<li>Identify and present the prior art or related work (including references)</li>
<li>Propose an understandable, defendable, and feasible solution</li>
<li>Identify the target: theoretical, architectural, modeling,
practical implementation, optimization, evaluation of existing solution,
etc.</li>
<li>Select evaluation metrics and show the practicality, scalability, and the benefits of your contribution</li>
<li>Draw appropriate conclusions and compare your results with the prior art</li>
<li>Clarify the contribution with respect to the promises in the abstract, the metrics, and the target</li>
<li>Clarify the contribution with respect to the previous work (others, yourself)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Title and Authors </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>in a title, no word with less than 4 letters starts with a capital letter, e.g., "Robots in Space"</li>
<li> emails of all the authors must be mentioned</li>
<li> addresses of the institutions must be mentioned</li>
<li> use of full names is preferred /not preferred:&nbsp; M.P.D. Jones, preferred: Mary Price Danny Jones/</li>
<li>in case initials are used, leave a space after notations like "M.", e.g., correct: M. N. Jones, incorrect: "M.N. Jones "</li>
<li> no nicknames in the authors lists</li>
</ul>
<p><strong> Abstract</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>avoid abbreviations in the abstract</li>
<li> introduce the problem you are dealing with by one succinct sentence</li>
<li> make it clear why the paper is related to the conference you are submitting to </li>
<li> specify if it is a survey, an evaluation of existing work,&nbsp; or new ideas with new results</li>
<li> end the abstract with one sentence reflecting the conclusion of the paper</li>
<li> don't use references <em>/no [x]s in the abstract/ </em> </li>
<li> follow the style of the <a href="http://www.iaria.org/formatting.doc"> template</a><br>
"Abstract - The paper..... " </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Keywords</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> no more than 4-5 keywords</li>
<li>follow the style of the template<br>
"Keywords-component; formatting; style; styling; insert (key words)"</li>
<li>note: use a semicolon between keywords words<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>General</strong></p>
<p><u>Language</u></p>
<ul>
<li> keep uniform, across the paper, of either "US-English" and "UK-English, to avoid word variations<br>
&nbsp;
e.g., behavior vs. behaviour, modelling vs. modeling, center vs. centre, etc. </li>
<li>we recommend either one or the other, not a mix </li>
<li>one might need help even in our native language, so<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ have a peer cross-check<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ have a native English speaker or an English speaker specialist help with a cross-check </li>
</ul>
<p><u>Capital Letters</u></p>
<ul>
<li> use a capital letter "S" when saying "In Section 2, we..." </li>
<li>don't use capital letters when saying "There are four sections, ..." </li>
<li>use a capital letter when "figure" is followed by a number, e.g., "In Figure 3 we...." </li>
<li>don't use when no number follows, e.g., "The two figures ..."</li>
</ul>
<p> <u>Structure</u></p>
<ul>
<li> introduction must end with a paragraph describing the structure of the paper </li>
<li>between two titles and subtitles, have a sentence or a small paragraph, e.g.,<br>
&nbsp;
"1. Title 1<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
We will present...<br>
&nbsp;
1.1 Subtitle 1<br>
&nbsp;
...................<br>
&nbsp;
" </li>
<li>don't end a section with a figure </li>
<li>don't start a section with a figure</li>
<li>last section must be "Conclusion and Future Work"</li>
<li>"Conclusion" must reiterate accomplishments announced in the "Abstract"<br>
note: many submissions fail on this coherence</li>
</ul>
<p> <u>Punctuation</u></p>
<ul>
<li>"e.g." is always followed by a comma, so the correct usage is "...substantial, e.g., one and the other" </li>
<li>no spaces between reference enumerations, e.g., [2][3][5].</li>
<li>use a uniform figure capture, e.g., "Figure 3. The point of..." </li>
<li> in the text, refer to it also by "see Figure 3", and not by "see Fig. 3" </li>
<li> leave a space after a comma, e.g., "Alfa, Omega" and not "Alfa ,Omega" </li>
<li>all abbreviations must be fully spelled when first used, e.g., "...and RR (Remote Retrieval) can be used [x]." </li>
<li>usually, when there is no confusion, use the reference identifier [x] at the end of the sentence. </li>
<li>note the difference US- vs. UK style when using quotes<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ US:&nbsp; ".... text text [x]."<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ UK: ".....text text . [x] "<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ the last form may confuse the reader, when used inside a paragraph. </li>
<li>ending a quote and a sentence style<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ US: "..text text text 'bataille'.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ UK: "..text text text 'bataille.' </li>
<li>in English, the correct use of colon is immediately after a word without a space, e.g., "Peter said: text..."</li>
</ul>
<p><u>Correct Spelling</u></p>
<ul>
<li> it is 'Related work" and not "Related works' </li>
<li>it is Conclusion", and not "Conclusions" </li>
<li>avoid "Let's ...", use "Let us..." instead </li>
<li>avoid "I did...", or "We did", except when you want to
specifically highlight a team's work; instead, use passive voice,
e.g.,"Something was done" </li>
<li>when used, usually mid-sentence, "i.e." and "e.g." are surrounded by commas </li>
<li> "e.g.," is used when an example is intended [Latin: "exempli
gratia", English: "for example", "for the sake of example", French:
"par example"] </li>
<li> "i.e.," is&nbsp; used when a clarification is needed [Latin: "id est", English: "that is", French: "c'est-a-dire"] </li>
<li> "etc." [Latin: etcetera, English: and the rest, French; et autre] </li>
<li> "Q.E.D." [Latin: "quod erat demonstrandum", English: "which was to be demonstrated", French: "ce qu'il fallait demonter"<br>
+ used for mathematical formulas, at the end of a proof.</li>
</ul>
<p><u>Claims &amp; Formulae</u></p>
<ul>
<li> own claims must be substantially defended </li>
<li>someone else's statements endorsed by you must be referred to by a reference identifier [x] </li>
<li>when formulae are used, their source must be disclosed (via references) </li>
<li>formulae must be numbered by (x) </li>
<li>your own formulae must be carefully explained and the ownership must be clearly specified </li>
<li>all the abbreviations or key concepts must have a reference, possibly even explained</li>
</ul>
<p> <u>Figures</u></p>
<ul>
<li> don't use blurry figures</li>
<li>even though one can enlarge an electronic document, use legible text for the figures </li>
<li>imported figures <em>/even enhanced/</em> must have their origin specified as a reference </li>
<li>text inside the figures must be legible</li>
<li>describe every figure in plain text; don't assume the reader understand it</li>
<li>abbreviations in a figure must be explained in the plain text, not on the figure </li>
<li>place the figures close to the text referring to them</li>
<li>larger figures or sequences of figures related to a given concept can be placed at the end</li>
</ul>
<p> <u>Results</u></p>
<ul>
<li> clarify the tools used for obtaining the results /benchmarks, software, hardware, etc./ </li>
<li>for special tools, provide a reference </li>
<li>when theory is the core, a concrete application greatly increases the value of the contribution</li>
<li>when pure applications/systems are the main scope of the
contribution, stressing out the concepts and theories behind them gives
more value to the work </li>
<li>when simulations are shown, explain why particular parameters where chosen </li>
<li>diagrams must be explained /what?/ and interpreted /why?/ </li>
<li>summarize the results by comparison tables/graphs/etc. with
the prior-art; it proves your understanding and makes your message
clearer </li>
<li>defend new proposals by general metrics such as performance,
robustness, complexity, scalability, etc. in addition to the metrics
specific to your contribution </li>
<li>conclude with "lesson learned' </li>
<li>provide next steps by 'future work', usually in "Conclusion and Future Work"</li>
</ul>
<p> <u>References</u></p>
<ul>
<li> follow the style recommended in the Call for Papers </li>
<li>URL references should be limited</li>
<li>URL references must be verified at the time when the camera-ready is submitted</li>
<li>the checking date must be written, e.g.,&nbsp;
[x] &lt;link&gt; 01.12.2009 </li>
<li>references must be uniform in terms of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ first vs. last name<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ abbreviation, e.g., P. Jones, or Peter Jones - use
of the "and"<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ Peter Jones and Patrick Smith <em>/no comma in front of "and"/</em><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ Peter Jones, Anne DuBois, and Patrick Smith </li>
<li>all references must be used in the text, i.e., referred to</li>
<li>references are assumed to be the most up to date, unless
fundamental concepts are enhanced and one must refer to the original
proposal </li>
<li>note that the freshness of the references gives a good idea on how actual a given contribution is</li>
</ul>
<p><u>Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism</u></p>
<ul>
<li> avoid cut&amp;paste of big portions from your previous work </li>
<li>when used, any quoted "fragment"must rely on a reference.</li>
<li>reusing ideas and enhancing them should be based on a paraphrase&nbsp; </li>
<li>always refer to your published work (in "References"), if small portions are ethically reused</li>
<li>some images and figures may require explicit accept from the original authors or from those owning the "copyright"</li>
<li>make it always clear what is "from the literature" and what is "your own contribution"</li>
<li>there is no shame to give credit to someone else!</li>
<li>use an "Acknowledgments" section, after "Conclusion and
future work", to thank those who contributed, either scientifically or
financially, but not at the level to be an author </li>
</ul>
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