Authors Instructions

Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to SCITEPRESS Proceedings

First Author Name1 , Second Author Name1 and Third Author Name2
1 Institute of Problem Solving, XYZ University, My Street, MyTown, MyCountry
2 Department of Computing, Main University, MySecondTown, MyCountry
{f author, s author}@ips.xyz.edu, t [email protected]

Keywords: The paper must have at least one keyword. The text must be set to 9-point font size and without the use of
bold or italic font style. For more than one keyword, please use a comma as a separator. Keywords must be
titlecased.

Abstract: The abstract should summarize the contents of the paper and should contain at least 70 and at most 200 words.
The text must be set to 9-point font size.

1 INTRODUCTION into your working directory, but NOT edit, the follow-
ing 4 files:
Your paper will be part of the conference proceedings - apalike.bst
therefore we ask that authors follow the guidelines ex- - apalike.sty
plained in this example in order to achieve the highest - article.cls
quality possible (Smith, 1998). - scitepress.sty
Be advised that papers in a technically unsuitable Group 2. Additionally, you may wish to copy and
form will be returned for retyping. After returned the edit the following 3 example files:
manuscript must be appropriately modified.
- example.bib
- example.tex
- scitepress.eps
2 MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
2.2 Page Setup
We strongly encourage authors to use this document
for the preparation of the camera-ready. Please follow The paper size must be set to A4 (210x297 mm). The
the instructions closely in order to make the volume document margins must be the following:
look as uniform as possible (Moore and Lopes, 1999). Top: 3,3 cm;
Please remember that all the papers must be in En-
glish and without orthographic errors. Bottom: 4,2 cm;
Do not add any text to the headers (do not set run- Left: 2,6 cm;
ning heads) and footers, not even page numbers, be- Right: 2,6 cm.
cause text will be added electronically.
It is advisable to keep all the given values because
For a best viewing experience the used font must
any text or material outside the aforementioned mar-
be Times New Roman, except on special occasions,
gins will not be printed.
such as program code 2.4.7.
2.3 First Section
2.1 Manuscript Setup
This section must be in one column.
The template is composed by a set of 7 files, in the
following 2 groups:
Group 1. To format your paper you will need to copy
2.3.1 Title and Subtitle 2.4.2 Subsection Titles

Use the command \title and follow the given structure The heading of a subsection title must be with initial
in example.tex. The title and subtitle must be with letters capitalized (titlecased).
initial letters capitalized (titlecased). If no subtitle is Words like is, or, then, etc. should not be
required, please remove the corresponding \subtitle capitalized unless they are the first word of the sub-
command. In the title or subtitle, words like is, section title.
or, then, etc. should not be capitalized unless they Example: \subsection{First Subtitle}
are the first word of the subtitle. No formulas or spe-
cial characters of any form or language are allowed in 2.4.3 Sub-Subsection Titles
the title or subtitle.
The heading of a sub subsection title should be with
2.3.2 Authors and Affiliations initial letters capitalized (titlecased).
Words like is, or, then, etc should not be
Use the command \author and follow the given struc- capitalized unless they are the first word of the sub
ture in example.tex. subsection title.
Example: \subsubsection{First Subsubtitle}
2.3.3 Keywords
2.4.4 Tables
Use the command \keywords and follow the given
structure in example.tex. Each paper must have Tables must appear inside the designated margins or
at least one keyword. If more than one is specified, they may span the two columns.
please use a comma as a separator. The sentence must Tables in two columns must be positioned at the
end with a period. top or bottom of the page within the given margins.
To span a table in two columns please add an asterisk
2.3.4 Abstract (*) to the table begin and end command.
Example: \begin{table*}
Use the command \abstract and follow the given \end{table*}
structure in example.tex. Each paper must have an
abstract up to 200 words. The sentence must end with Tables should be centered and should always have
a period. a caption positioned above it. The font size to use is
9-point. No bold or italic font style should be used.
2.4 Second Section The final sentence of a caption should end with a
period.
Files example.tex and example.bib show how to
create a paper with a corresponding list of references. Table 1: This caption has one line so it is centered.
This section must be in two columns. Example column 1 Example column 2
Each column must be 7,5-centimeter wide with a Example text 1 Example text 2
column spacing of 0,8-centimeter.
The section text must be set to 10-point.
Section, subsection and sub-subsection first para- Table 2: This caption has more than one line so it has to be
graph should not have the first line indent. justified.
To remove the paragraph indentation (only nec- Example column 1 Example column 2
essary for the sections), use the command \noindent Example text 1 Example text 2
before the paragraph first word.
If you use other style files (.sty) you MUST in- Please note that the word Table is spelled out.
clude them in the final manuscript zip file.
2.4.5 Figures
2.4.1 Section Titles
Please produce your figures electronically, and inte-
The heading of a section title should be in all-capitals. grate them into your document and zip file.
Example: \section{FIRST TITLE} Check that in line drawings, lines are not inter-
rupted and have a constant width. Grids and details
within the figures must be clearly readable and may
not be written one on top of the other.
 Figure resolution should be at least 300 dpi. 2.4.8 Reference Text and Citations
Figures must appear inside the designated margins
or they may span the two columns. References and citations should follow the Harvard
Figures in two columns must be positioned at the (Author, date) System Convention (see the Refer-
top or bottom of the page within the given margins. ences section in the compiled manuscript). As ex-
To span a figure in two columns please add an asterisk ample you may consider the citation (Smith, 1998).
(*) to the figure begin and end command. Besides that, all references should be cited in the text.
Example: \begin{figure*} No numbers with or without brackets should be used
\end{figure*} to list the references.
Figures should be centered and should always References should be set to 9-point. Citations
have a caption positioned under it. The font size to should be 10-point font size.
use is 9-point. No bold or italic font style should be You may check the structure of example.bib be-
used. fore constructing the references.
For more instructions about the references and ci-
tations usage please see the appropriate link at the
conference website.
Figure 1: This caption has one line so it is centered.

3 COPYRIGHT FORM
For the mutual benefit and protection of Authors and
Figure 2: This caption has more than one line so it has to be Publishers, it is necessary that Authors provide formal
justified.
written Consent to Publish and Transfer of Copyright
The final sentence of a caption should end with a before publication of the Book. The signed Consent
period. ensures that the publisher has the Authors authoriza-
Please note that the word Figure is spelled out. tion to publish the Contribution.
The copyright form is located on the authors re-
2.4.6 Equations served area.
The form should be completed and signed by one
Equations should be placed on a separate line, num- author on behalf of all the other authors.
bered and centered.
The numbers accorded to equations should appear in
consecutive order inside each section or within the 4 CONCLUSIONS
contribution, with the number enclosed in brackets
and justified to the right, starting with the number 1. Please note that ONLY the files required to compile
Example: your paper should be submitted. Previous versions
or examples MUST be removed from the compilation
a = b+c (1) directory before submission.
2.4.7 Program Code We hope you find the information in this template
useful in the preparation of your submission.
Program listing or program commands in text should
be set in typewriter form such as Courier New.
Example of a Computer Program in Pascal: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Begin
Writeln(Hello World!!); If any, should be placed before the references section
End. without numbering. To do so please use the following
command: \section*{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}
The text must be aligned to the left and in 9-point
type.
REFERENCES
Moore, R. and Lopes, J. (1999). Paper templates. In TEM-
PLATE06, 1st International Conference on Template
Production. SCITEPRESS.
Smith, J. (1998). The Book. The publishing company, Lon-
don, 2nd edition.

APPENDIX
If any, the appendix should appear directly after the
references without numbering, and not on a new
page. To do so please use the following command:
\section*{APPENDIX}