First A. Author, Second B. Coauthor and Third C. Coauthor
INSTRUCTIONS to prepare AN EXTENDED ABSTRACT FOR
FRF’s Second International Paper Competition
in Honor of Professor Lotfi Zadeh, Ph.D.
& His 90th Birthday
First A. Author*, Second B. COAuthor† and Third C. Coauthor†
*PhD Student, University of Tehran, Iran
POBox 123456 Civil Eng. Dept., University of Tehran, Iran Postal Code 123456
e-mail:
† Assistant Professor, University of Tehran, Iran
Key words: Fuzzy logic, computing with words, fuzzy sets.
INTRODUCTION
Authors should submit the Extended Abstract as mentioned on the rules document prior to the deadline Extended Abstracts are necessary for competition since they may be used for screening purposes, depending on the number of papers received. Please see judging criteria section on Competition Rules. Extended Abstract should be written following the format of Word macros. The student is required to write an extended abstract summarizing the results of his/her research. A general guide might be a total length of 800 to 1200 words including no more than 2 figures or tables and no more than 5 references. All texts should be single spaced, in Times New Roman, 11pt font size consistently, except for the title which is 14pt. The Extended Abstract begins with a short introduction and ends with a conclusion section. This is concluded by a short list of no more than 5 selected references. Do not use foot notes. Leave one space between two sentences.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
The Extended Abstract must be written in English. All abstracts must be prepared in English. If you are not a native speaker of English, it is recommended that your manuscript is carefully edited by someone who is fluent is English. Text should be left and right justified in the page with 1 inch margin to each edge of the paper. Neither text, nor figures or tables should be printed outside these margins. The Extended Abstract including figures, tables and references must have a maximum length of 2 pages. Maximum permitted file size is 4 MB.
TITLE, AUTHORS, AFFILIATION, KEY WORDS
The first page must contain the Title, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Key words and the Summary. The Introduction must begin immediately below, following the format of this template.
Title
The title should be written centered, in 14pt, boldface Times New Roman, all capital letters. It should be single spaced if the title is more than one line in length.
Author
The author's name should include first name, middle initial, and last name. Authors’ list should be written centered, in boldface, below the title.
Affiliation
Author's affiliation should be written centered below the list of authors. A space should separate two different affiliations. Affiliation should be followed by a comma and the country. To facilitate communication, the email address of the first author should be provided.
Key words
It is advised not to exceed six key words. Keywords should be written left aligned beginning with the word Key words: boldfaced. A space should separate the key words from the affiliations. The title is followed by a short list of keywords which characterize the content of the extended abstract in order to make the comparison with the other extended abstracts easier. Therefore, generic terms are not good keywords, whereas special terms or processes are good ones.
Summary (optional)
The word Summary must be set in boldface, not italicized, at the beginning of the first line. The text should be justified and separated 11pt from the key words, as shown in the first page of these instructions.
HEADINGS
Main headings
The main headings should be written left aligned, in boldface and all capital letters. There should be a space before and 6pt after the main headings.
Secondary headings
Secondary headings should be written left aligned, boldface, with an initial capital for first word only. There should be a space before and 6pt after the secondary headings.
EDITORIAL HEADING
The first page has to include the Editorial Heading, as shown in the first page of these instructions. Successive pages will include the name of the authors.
TEXT
The normal text should be written single-spaced, justified, in one column. Do not indent the first line of each paragraph. There is not inter-paragraph spacing.
PAGE NUMBERS
In order to organize the Extended Abstract, it is better to number the pages. Page numbers are not included in the printing box.
FIGURES
All figures should be numbered consecutively and captioned. The caption title should be written centered, with upper and lower case letters. A space should separate the figure from the caption, and a space should separate the upper part of the figure and the bottom of the caption from the surrounding text. Figures may be included in the text or added at the bottom of the Extended Abstract.
EQUATIONS
A displayed equation is numbered, using Arabic numbers in parentheses. It should be centered, leaving a 6pt space above and below to separate it from the surrounding text. The following example is a single line equation:
Ax = b / (1)The next example is a multi-line equation:
Ax = b / (2)Ax = b
TABLES
All tables should be numbered consecutively and captioned.
C11 / C12 / C13C21 / C22 / C23
C31 / C32 / C33
C41 / C42 / C43
C51 / C52 / C53
Table 1. Example of the construction of one table
FORMAT OF REFERENCES
References should be quoted in the text by superscript numbers¹¸² and grouped together at the end of the Extended Abstract in numerical order as shown in these instructions.
CONCLUSIONS
Extended Abstracts in format for publication should be submitted electronically or as described on the Competition Rules before the deadline. The maximum size of the file is 4 Mb.
REFERENCES
This section presents the format for journal and conference papers, reports, and books. For journal papers the volume (for example Volume 15) and issue number (for example Issue Number 1) should be written as 15(1) per example [1] below.
[1] Elghadamsi, F., and Mohraz, B., 1987. “Inelastic earthquake spectra,” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 15(1), pp. 91-104.
[2] ATC-40, 1996. Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Concrete Buildings, Report SSC 96-01, California Seismic Safety Commission.
[3] Khashaee, P., 2005. “Damage-based Seismic Design of Structures,” Earthquake Spectra, 21(2), pp. 371-387.
[4] Khashaee, P., Mohraz, B., Sadek, F., Lew, H.S., and Gross, J.L., 2001. Energy–based approach for seismic design: Energy spectra, report NISTIR 6599, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 44 pp.
[5] FEMA 356, 2000. Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings, Federal Emergency Management Agency, prepared by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington, D.C., 481 pp.
[6] Housner, G.W., 1956. “Limit design of structures to resist earthquakes,” Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, California, USA, 5, pp. 5-1 to 5-13.
[7] Zadeh, L.A., 1965. “Fuzzy sets,” Information and Control, 8,pp. 338-353.
[8] Zadeh, L.A., 1973. “Outline of a New Approach to the Analysis of Complex Systems and Decision Processes,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 3(1),pp. 28-43.
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