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Authors are invited to submit technical
papers(no limit on max. number of pages), state of the art survey papers, industry reports (max. 5 pages) and book reviews.
Authors are encouraged to utilise the opportunity given by this on-line publication to include animations, software demonstrations, and
video clips etc. The papers will be published on Elsevier Web Site as soon as they are accepted, which enables authors to publish their
work FAST and readers get the latest work in Soft Computing on their desktop! There will be a free hardcopy of volume available
to corresponding authors by the end of the year. So have your latest research published on the Applied Soft Computing Website and get
a FREE hardcopy of the volume that includes your paper later.
For any further queries and special issue proposals, please contact:
Dr. Rajkumar Roy
Editor in Chief
Decision Engineering
Centre,
Cranfield University,
Cranfield, Bedford,
MK43 0AL,
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0)1234 750111 Ext. 5523
Email: asoc@cranfield.ac.uk
General Info:
Submission of your manuscript implies that neither it nor
any translation of it has been copyrighted or published and that it is not being submitted for publication elsewhere. Upon acceptance
of an article, the author(s) will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest
possible dissemination of information.
Preparing your article:
Articles can be prepared in either the native file format
of word-processor packages like Word or WordPerfect, or as a LaTeX file. First submission should be in PostScript or PDF format. When
preparing your file in LaTeX, please use the generic Elsevier style elsart, available from any of the Elsevier WWW sites.
Title
The title of the paper should be concise and informative. Since titles are widely used in information retrieval
systems, make sure that your title includes keywords characterising the work. The authors' full names and affiliations should follow
the title. The telephone and fax numbers and/or e-mail address of the corresponding author should be given with the affiliation. If the
authors are at several institutions, the names and addresses should be indicated accordingly. If the present address of an author is
different from that mentioned, it should be given in a footnote. Acknowledgements of financial support and disclaimers are not to be
made in a footnote to the title or name of the author, but should be included in the acknowledgement section at the end of the paper.
Abstract
All articles (except commentaries) should have an abstract (not more than 250 words, normally) which clearly
indicates what is new, different and significant, with pertinent results and conclusions. It should be self-contained, and thus formulae,
equations, earlier literature, etc. should not be included.
Keyword listing
To facilitate the inclusion of
the paper in information retrieval systems, authors are required to include a listing of 3-10 subject keywords, which should be given
below the abstract section.
Introduction and Conclusion
Every paper must have an introduction outlining the
state of knowledge on the topic described and stating clearly what is new in the paper submitted, and a conclusion section describing
implications. It is recommended that papers contain a sufficiently long introduction accessible to a wide readership, and that results
be put in broader perspective in the conclusion. The main body of a paper, however, should present sound technical content, preferably
in a multi-disciplinary way.
Abbreviations
Only widely accepted symbols and forms of abbreviation should be
used, but always give the full expression followed by the abbreviation the first time it appears in the text.
Tables
The tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals according to their sequence in the text. A brief descriptive heading should be given
above each table. The lay-out of the tables should be clear, so that the reader can grasp the significance of the results. Units (if
applicable) should be indicated in the column headings, preferably in parentheses. Horizontal rules should be used under column headings,
but not in the body of the table. Vertical rules should not be used.
References
References should be listed
alphabetically, as in the following examples: books [1], articles in journals [2], papers in a contributed volume [3,4], unpublished
papers [5].
[1] E. Borger, Computability, Complexity, Logic (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989).
[2] D.E. Knuth, Theory and Practice,
Computer Science 90 (1991) 1-15.
[3] A.K. Lenstra and H.W. Lenstra, Jr., Algorithms in number theory, in: J. van Leeuwen, ed., Handbook
of Computer Science, Vol. A (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990) 673-715.
[4] M. Li, Lower bounds by Kolmogorov complexity, in: Proc. ICALP
'85, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 194 (Springer, Berlin, 1985) 383-393.
[5] A. Rajasekar, Semantics for logic programs,
Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, 1989.
Footnotes
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be included in either the reference numbering or the reference list, but given as normal footnotes at the bottom of the page.
Illustrations
References to all illustrations should be included in appropriate places in the text using Arabic numerals. Each illustration should
have a legend, and all the legends should be gathered together at the end of the manuscript. The written permission of the author and
publisher must be obtained for the use of any figure already published. Its source must be indicated in the legend. Pictures should be
delivered in high resolution (300-100 dpi). The final version of the manuscript should contain the figures in any of the following graphics
formats: GIF, TIFF, JPEG, EPS. Please see for additional instructions: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. If you
are including animations and video clips, the size of the file should be minimised by selecting the most compact file format. A link
to freely available plug-ins should be provided to visualise the effect.
Submission of your paper:
Please submit your
article in PostScript or PDF format by e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief:
Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University., UK
E-mail: asoc@cranfield.ac.uk
Please follow up the submission with a plain-text e-mail message including the title, keywords and abstract of the paper to the Editor-in-Chief.
The Editor-in-Chief will assign three editors to each paper submitted. Each accepted paper should have good score from at least two of
the three editors, and the final decision will be made by the Editor in Chief. Every effort will be made to ensure that each submission
receives fair and adequate reviews in a timely fashion. Reviewers of each paper rate and comment on the following aspects of a paper:
˙ Originality ˙ Technical soundness ˙ Clarity of presentation ˙ Scientific contribution ˙ Multidisciplinary
impact
When the paper is accepted, the author will be asked to send the final version both in a processable format (i.e. source
files in Word, WordPerfect, LaTeX, artwork in GIF, TIFF, JPEG, EPS, appropriate animation and Video format) and in a ready-for-publication
format (PostScript or PDF) to the Publisher, Elsevier, at the following e-mail address: login@elsevier.com
Reprints:
the corresponding author of each paper will be provided with a PDF of the article in its published form. Authors wishing to order additional
paid reprints should indicate the number of reprints required when returning proofs.
Appeal Process:
As part of the quality
improvement of the Journal, it is also important that the authors are given the highest importance within the system. If you are not
happy with the overall recommendation from the Editor in Chief on your paper, you could appeal once against the decision. The process
for appeal is:
1. You write an email to the Editor in Chief explaining the reasons of your unhappiness and that you would like to
appeal. Email to: asoc@cranfield.ac.uk
2. The Editor in Chief will send your paper and all the reviews + copy of his
overall decision to Prof. Witold Pedrycz (Arbitrator).
3. The arbitrator will communicate his comments to the Editor in Chief, and
if necessary, Editor in Chief will reconsider his decision on the paper. Editor in Chief will communicate the results of the Appeal to
the author at the earliest. There is only one appeal possible for each paper.
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