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Types of submissions
Contribution - Full length original research article of more than 10 pages. Note-
A short self-contained original research article of 10 pages or less, focusing on a particular result that does not provide enough material
for a full length Contribution. Communication - A short article outlining a new result or new research that can later be expanded
to a full length Contribution. Please note that Communications should be sent directly to a member of the Editorial Board chosen by the
author. The Editor will then conduct a review of the paper, ask the author for any necessary revisions, and will "communicate"
the final paper to the Editorial Office. Erratum- Concise correction to article of the same author published in the journal.
The full publication data of the original paper should be included. ScienceDirect will provide a link to the Erratum in the original
article. Perspectives - Submission which does not provide a specific new research finding or result, but rather presents a
survey of results and research in a particular area.
Preparation of text
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written in standard English. Language editing. For language editing services, please see http://www.elsevier.com/locate/languagepolishing LaTeX documents. If the LaTeX file is suitable, proofs will be produced without rekeying the text. The article should preferably
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Please see
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consists of the files: elsart.cls, guidelines for users of elsart, a template file for quick start, and the instruction booklet "Preparing
articles with LaTeX".
Provide the following data on the title page (in the order given). Title. Concise and informative.
Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. Author names and affiliations.
Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the Authors' affiliation addresses
(where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the
Author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name,
and, if available, the e-mail address of each Author. Corresponding Author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence
at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code)
are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Present/permanent address. If an Author
has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent
address") may be indicated as a footnote to that Author's name. The address at which the Author actually did the work must be retained
as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes. Abstract. A concise and factual
abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An
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Please use the following guidelines in choosing keywords for your article.
Each keyword (which can be a phrase of more than
one word) should describe one single concept. Words like "and" or "of" should be avoided.
Avoid very
general keywords which become meaningless once in a keyword list, e.g "graph", "computer", "mathematics", "optimization", etc.
Check whether the keywords describe the outline of the article on the whole.
Use
natural language: for instance "automatic error recovery" rather than "error recovery, automatic".
Try
to use nouns and adjectives as much as possible (i.e. use "automatic error recovery" rather than "recovering errors automatically").
Do not use nouns in the plural form.
Avoid the use of abbreviations as much as possible, unless an abbreviation is so well-established
that the full term is rarely used (e.g. use "laser" instead of "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation",
but use "computer aided design" instead of "CAD").
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier
accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the Author additional possibilities
to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary
files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect:
http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data
is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article
and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. References. Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the Authors.Text: Indicate references
by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. The actual Authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always
be given.
Example: "..... as demonstrated [3,6]. Barnaby and Jones [8] obtained a different result ...."
List: Number the
references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples:
Reference
to a journal publication:
J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of writing a scientific article, J. Sci. Commun.
163 (2000) 51-59.
Reference to a book:
W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, third ed., Macmillan, New York,
1979.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of your article,
in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 1999, pp. 281-304.
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an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that
its publication is approved by all Authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and
that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent
of the Publisher.
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include the article in full or
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Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full
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The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as: doi:10.1016/j.dam.2003.10.271.
When the DOI is used
to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
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image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use. Discount. Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled
to a 30% discount on all Elsevier books. ScienceDirect The published article will be available via ScienceDirect.
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