A Manuscript Template for Maintenance Management Lecture

Summary (Exam)
First Author1, Second Author2
1,2
First Business or Academic Affiliation, City, State, Zip Code, Country
[email protected]
[email protected]

ABSTRACT (1.5 POINT) 2.2. Grades will Include

Abstracts are required for all papers. An abstract of 150-400 The summary of the maintenance and management lecture,
words should be included at the beginning of the paper. The which it is the equivalent of its on-line exam, will be graded
abstract should be formatted as an unnumbered section and basically according to two factors, (1) the report format
is preferred to be presented in a single paragraph. Abstracts (40% (8 points)), and (2) the report content (60% (12
are required for all papers. Ensure that all symbols used in points)).
the abstract are defined, and all abbreviations are expanded. The details of the grading method of this summary (i.e.,
Do not cite references in the abstract. exam) will be as follows:
1. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION 1. Report format (40% (8 points)): These 8 points will be
divided into:
These instructions provide guidance for preparing papers for
 0.5 point for respecting number of pages (8 to
the summary of the Maintenance Management Lecture. Use
10 pages).
this document as a template if you are using Microsoft
Word 2007 or later. If you are using previous versions of  0.5 point for the full report presentation
Word, this document may be saved as a .doc file and special (sections, subsections, figures, tables, etc.).
care must be taken to make sure all equations and figures  1.5 points for the abstract
are properly formatted. Manuscripts should be written in  1.5 points for the conclusion
clear, concise and grammatically correct English so that
they are intelligible to a professional reader who is not a  4 points for the English
specialist in any particular field. 2. Report content (60% (12 points)): These 12 points will
be about the details (key information and the main
Use this template to prepare a two-column mock-up of your ideas) that will be highlighted in each section
summary. Use this template to prepare a two-column mock- (subsection). The grading will be divided into:
up of your summary.
 2 points for lecture 1
2. GENERAL GUIDELINES  2 points for lecture 2
 1 points for lecture 3
The following section outlines general (non-formatting)
guidelines to follow. These guidelines are applicable to all  3.5 points for lecture 4
students and include information on the policies and  3.5 points for lecture 5
practices relevant to the writing of your summary
manuscript and to the grading of your work. 3. PAPER FORMAT

2.1. Summarizing How to be Done in the Best Way Papers size should be “US Letter” (8.5 by 11 inches; 215.9
Possible, in Short Lesson mm × 279.4 mm), with two-column format, except for the
title, author information, and certain large figures and tables
Your summary can be improved following few tricks that that need to span across the entire width of the paper.
can be found in the “Summarizing-Lesson.ppt” file. Margins should be 1.0 inches top and bottom, and 0.75 left
and right. One exception is that the first page needs to have
top margin of 1.5 inches. Columns should be equally sized,

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3.38 inches, with 0.25 inches between columns. Paragraphs to the table. Two-column-wide figures and tables may be
should be unindented, with a 6-point vertical spacing used as appropriate. Tables should be self-contained and
between paragraphs. All papers should use Times Roman complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the
10-point font throughout. text. Individual numbering of subfigures (using lower-case
letters) is also encouraged where appropriate. See the Table
3.1. Title and Author Information 1 example of table style and column alignment.
All items in the title block should be centered across both Table 1. Caption of the table.
columns. The title should be set in 17 pt bold, with a 14 pt
space below. The author’s names should be set in 10 pt Time Event
font, with an 10 pt space below. The paper title should be in
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the “Title Case” or “Headline Style”, i.e., capitalize the first
and last words of the title and all nouns, pronouns, 15:56:21.236 Sample of sensors
adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinating conjunctions 15:56:21.736 Sample of sensors
(such as, ‘if’, ‘because’, ‘as’, ‘that’, and so on). In other …
words, the title should “A Manuscript Template for 15:57:04.736 Sample of sensors
Maintenance Management Lecture Summary” instead of “A
15:57:05.080 Fault injection
manuscript template for maintenance management lecture
summary” or “A Manuscript Template For Maintenance 15:57:05.236 Sample of sensors
Management Lecture Summary”. …

For each author, a numbered superscript should be used to 15:57:42.252 End of scenario
indicate institutional affiliation. Following the author
information, each institution with which any of the authors
are affiliated should be listed, including addresses. These Place figure captions below all figures. If your figure has
should be indicated by superscripts as well, and set in 9 pt multiple parts, include the labels “a),” “b),” etc., below and
italic, with a 12 pt space below the final one. The final item to the left of each part, above the figure caption. Please
in the title block is the author’s email address in 9 pt italics. verify that the figures and tables mentioned in the text
A 24 pt space should follow this line. actually exist in the paper. Number each different type of
illustration (i.e., figures, tables, images) sequentially with
3.2. Section and Subsection Headings relation to other illustrations of the same type.
Section and subsection headings are numbered using Arabic The size of the font in the figure must match the size of the
numerals separated by a period (‘.’). Section headings font in the manuscript text; it must be legible and not
(phm_heading1, in Word) are “small capitals”, 10 pt, blurred or pixelated. The line weight of figures must not
boldface, and flush left. Subsections (phm_heading2, in appear broken or rasterized. For vector graphics, the
Word) are 10 pt, boldface, and flush left. Sub-subsections preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF
(phm_heading3, in Word) are 10 pt, boldface, and flush left. format. Vector graphics containing fonts must have the
All levels below this are unnumbered, 10pt, boldface, with fonts embedded in the files. Do not use faint lines and/or
text beginning immediately following the heading on the lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the
same line. Insert a new line after each section. figures are legible at final size. All lines should be at least
0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide. Scanned line drawings and line
3.3. Tables and Figures drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum
Tables and figures should be center aligned. Figure captions resolution of 300 dpi. Color figures are acceptable but you
should be below the figures; table captions should appear must ensure that data are distinguishable in grayscale prints.
above the tables. Insert figures and tables after they are cited
in the text. To insert images in Word, position the cursor at 3.3.1. Figures Styles
the insertion point and either use Insert | Picture | From File When creating figures, there are several formatting
or copy the image to the Windows clipboard and then Edit | guidelines which should be followed:
Paste Special | Picture (with “float over text” unchecked).
Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively, with  do not put a frame around the figure outside the axes
captions above tables and below figures. Table captions  do not color the background of a figure
should be in sentence case, 10 pt, and centered with respect  do not use pie charts

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 do not used “stacked” bar charts Define abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are
 do not use any sort of “3d” effect in figures used in the main text. Very common abbreviations such as
PHM and SI do not have to be defined. Abbreviations that
 do always include a clear and distinct legend
incorporate periods should not have spaces: write “P.R.,”
 avoid using only color to distinguish data (i.e., use point not “P. R.” Delete periods between initials if the
and line shapes) abbreviation has three or more initials; e.g., U.N. but ESA.
 where possible, may be figures entirely in grayscale Do not use abbreviations in the title unless they are
Note that the default settings for Microsoft Excel violate unavoidable.
many of these guidelines, and more generally, it is quite
difficult to create reporting-quality figures using Excel. 3.5. Citing Literature (Not needed and can be ignored
for this summary report)

3.5.1. References in Text

The following entries are intended to provide examples of
the different reference types, in accordance with the Annual
Conference of Prognostic and Health Management Society
style. All references should be in 10-point font.
Works by a single author are cited by the last name of the
author and the year of publication are inserted in the text at
the appropriate point, e.g., “early work on this topic (Ferrell,
1999)”. If the name of the author or the date appears as part
of the narrative, cite only missing information in
parentheses, e.g., “in her early work, Ferrell (1999) found”.
When a work has two authors, always cite both names every
Figure 1. This is an example of figure caption.
time the reference occurs in the text. In parenthetical
material join the names with an ampersand (&), e.g., “as has
3.4. Equations, Numbers, Symbols, and Abbreviations been shown (Schwabacher & Goebel, 2007)”. However, in
Equations are centered and numbered consecutively, with narrative text, join the names with the word “and”, e.g.,
equation numbers in parentheses flush right, as in Eq. (1). “Schwabacher and Goebel (2007) show that”.
Insert a blank line on either side of the equation. First use When a work has three, four, or five authors, cite all authors
the equation editor to create the equation. the first time the reference occurs, e.g., “Vachtsevanos,
A sample equation is included here, formatted using the Lewis, Roemer, Hess, and Wu (2006) found”. In all
preceding instructions. To make your equation more subsequent citations, include only the surname of the first
compact, you can use the solidus (/) or appropriate author followed by “et al.” (Latin for “and others”) and the
exponents when the expression is five or fewer characters. year of publication, e.g., “Vachtsevanos et al. (2006)
Use parentheses to avoid ambiguities in denominators. found”.
b Works by associations, corporations, government agencies,
∫ F ( x ) dx =2 σ (1) etc. are referenced by the name of the body that created the
work, e.g., “the 2004 International Organization for
a
Standardization [ISO] report”. When appropriate,
Be sure that the symbols in your equation are defined before abbreviations can be used in all subsequent citations,
the equation appears, or immediately following. Italicize provided that there is enough information in the text citation
symbols (T might refer to temperature, but T is the unit for a reader to locate its source in the reference list without
tesla). Refer to the equations as “Eq. (1),” and not as “(1)” difficulty, e.g., “the report (ISO, 2004) showed”.
or “equation (1)”, except at the beginning of a sentence
where “Equation (1) is.” may be used. Equations can be 3.5.2. Formatting the References Section
labeled other than “Eq.” should they represent inequalities,
matrices, or boundary conditions. If what is represented is The references should be grouped at the end of the paper,
really more than one equation, the abbreviation “Eqs.” can following these general guidelines:
be used.

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3. All lines after the first line of each entry should be Books
indented one-quarter inch from the left margin. This is This is the basic format for books:
called hanging indentation.
Author, A. A., & Author B. B. (Year). Title of work: Capital
4. Authors' names are inverted (last name first); give the
letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
last name and initials (first and middle) for all authors
of a particular work.
5. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last Edited books:
name of the first author of each work. Author, A. A., & Author B. B. (Eds.). (Year). Title of work:
6. If you have more than one article by the same author, Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
single-author references or multiple-author references
with the exact same authors in the exact same order are
Chapters in edited books:
listed in order by the year of publication, starting with
the earliest. Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of chapter. In
7. When referring to any work that is NOT a journal, such Editor A., & Editor B. (Eds.), Title of book (pages of
as a book, article, or Web page, capitalize only the first chapter). Location: Publisher.
letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first
word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper Articles in Conference Proceedings
nouns. Do not capitalize the first letter of the second This is the basic format for articles appearing in conference
word in a hyphenated compound word. proceedings:
8. Capitalize all major words in journal titles. Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of paper. Title
9. Italicize titles of longer works such as books and of conference (page numbers), month day-day,
journals. conference location. doi:0000000/000000000000
10. Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the
titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays Dissertations
in edited collections. This is the basic format for articles appearing as
Some references have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) – a dissertations:
string of numbers (and/or letters) assigned to individual Author, A. A., (Year). Title of dissertation. Doctoral
journal articles as well as to some other publications. dissertation. Name of Institution, Location. URL
Include the DOI for articles that you retrieve both online
and in hardcopy. The database may provide the DOI as part
4. CONCLUSION (1.5 POINT)
of the citation, or you may have to look at the top or bottom
of the first page of the article to find it. Specific examples of Although a conclusion may review the main points of the
common reference types are given below. paper, it must not replicate the abstract. A conclusion might
elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest
Articles in Periodicals applications and extensions. Note that the conclusion
Authors are named last name followed by initials; multiple section is the last section of the paper to be numbered. The
authors are followed by a comma; the final author is appendix (if present), acknowledgment (if present),
connected using an ampersand (&) rather than “and”. nomenclature (if present), and references are listed without
Publication year goes between parentheses, followed by a numbers.
period. The title of the article is in sentence-case, meaning
only the first word and proper nouns in the title are ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (THIS SECTION IS OPTIONAL)
capitalized. The periodical title is run in italicized title case, The acknowledgement section is optional. Please list any
and is followed by the volume number, issue number (if acknowledgment here using a single paragraph.
any, in parentheses), and pages. Each section of the entry
ends with a period followed by a single space This is the NOMENCLATURE
basic format:
(this section is optional)
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title A amplitude of oscillation
of article. Title of Periodical, volume number (issue a acceleration
number), pages. doi:0000000/000000000000 Cp pressure coefficient

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Fx X component of the resulting force www.aaai.org/Library/Symposia/Fall/2007/fs07-02-
Fy Y component of the resulting force 016.php
m mass Vachtsevanos, G., Lewis, F. L., Roemer, M., Hess, A., &
dt time step Wu, B. (2006). Intelligent fault diagnosis and prognosis
T temperature for engineering system. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
P pressure Sons, Inc
f, g generic functions
h height
I current BIOGRAPHIES
V voltage
First A. Author and the other authors may include
 dummy variable
biographies at the end of their summary. The biography
paragraph may contain a place and/or date of birth (list
REFERENCES (NOT NEEDED AND CAN BE (SHOULD BE)
place, then date). Next, the author’s educational background
IGNORED FOR THIS SUMMARY REPORT)
is listed. The degrees should be listed with type of degree in
Chen, W., (1991). Nonlinear Analysis of Electronic what field, which institution, city, state, and country, and
Prognostics. Doctoral dissertation. The Technical year degree was earned. Please use the pronoun of the
University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy. person (he or she) and not the author’s last name. Work
Ferrell, B. L. (1999), JSF Prognostics and Health experience, including summer and fellowship jobs may also
Management. Proceedings of IEEE Aerospace be listed. Current and previous research interests end the
Conference. March 6-13, Big Sky, MO. doi: paragraph. Finally, list any memberships in professional
10.1109/AERO.1999.793190 societies followed by any awards and honors.
Hyndman, R. J., & Koehler, A. B. (2006). Another look at
Second B. Author This format should be used if no pictures
measures of forecast accuracy. International Journal of
are used for the biographies. Other authors may include
Forecasting, vol. 22, pp. 679-688.
biographies at the end of regular papers. The biography
doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2006.03.001
paragraph may contain a place and/or date of birth (list
International Standards Organization (ISO) (2004).
place, then date). Next, the author’s educational background
Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics of Machines -
is listed. The degrees should be listed with type of degree in
Prognostics part 1: General Guidelines. In ISO,
what field, which institution, city, state, and country, and
ISO13381-1:2004(e). vol. ISO/IEC Directives Part 2, I.
year degree was earned. Please use the pronoun of the
O. f. S. (ISO), (p. 14). Genève, Switzerland:
person (he or she) and not the author’s last name. Work
International Standards Organization.
experience, including summer and fellowship jobs may also
Schwabacher, M., & Goebel, K. F. (2007). A survey of
be listed. Current and previous research interests end the
artificial intelligence for prognostics. Proceedings of
paragraph. Finally, list any memberships in professional
AAAI Fall Symposium, November 9–11, Arlington, VA.
societies followed by any awards and honors.