GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF THE FINAL VERSION OF THE PAPER

MISCELANEOUS

The text processor used for the preparation of the paper must be set to DIN-A4.
The final version of the paper in the camera-ready format must not exceed 4 pages.
All text must be in English.
The pages must not be numbered.
No headers and footers are allowed.
Wherever the font Times is specified, Times Roman may be used. If neither is available
on the author's text processor, a font should be used that is closest to Times in
appearance.
The final version must be a PDF File.

FORMATTING

All text must be in a two-column format.

The columns are to be 8.75 cm wide, with a 0.5 cm space between them.
The left and right margins are to be 1.8 cm.
The top and the bottom margins are to be 2.5 cm.
All the text must be single-spaced (double-spacing is not allowed!).

MAIN TITLE

The main title is to be placed 3 cm below the top edge of the first page, and should be
centered. It should be in Times 14-point, boldface type.

AUTHORS' NAMES

The names of the authors are to be placed beneath the title, and should be centered.
They should be in Times 12-point, normal type.

AUTHORS' AFFILIATIONS

The authors' affiliations are to be described beneath the authors' names and should be
centered.
The affiliation description should be in Times 10-point, normal type.
It should include: department/division, university/company, postal address, phone
(optional), fax (optional), email (optional), and URL (optional)

ABSTRACT

The abstract is to be fully-justified and placed at the top of the left-hand column, below
the author and affiliation information.
It should begin with "Abstract - " in Times 9-point bold, italicized type.
The text of the abstract is to follow in the same line in Times 9-point, italicized type.
The abstract should not be longer than 7.62 cm, and followed with a blank line.

KEYWORDS

The keywords are to be fully-justified and placed below the abstract.

They should begin with "Keywords - " in Times 9-point bold, italicized type.
The list of keywords is to follow in the same line in Times 9-point, italicized type.
It should contain no more than 5 keywords followed by a blank line.

MAIN TEXT

The main text is to be in Times 10-point normal type.

It is to be fully justified (flush left and flush right).

All paragraphs should be indented 0.42 cm.

No additional blank lines between paragraphs are allowed.

HEADINGS

A first-order heading should be Times 10-point type, all in capital letters (e.g.
I. INTRODUCTION), centered, with one blank line before, and one blank line after.
A second-order heading should be Times 10-point, initially capitalized (e.g. A. Database
Elements), flush left, with one blank line before, and one after.
A third-order heading (if necessary) should be 10-point Times, italicized, initially
capitalized, flush left, preceded by one blank line, followed by a period and the text
placed in the same line.

FIGURES

Small figures should be centered in a column; large ones should be placed and
centered over two columns.
A figure caption should be 8-point Times normal type, placed below the corresponding
figure and centered.
It should be preceded by "Fig. ", the figure number, and ". " (e.g., "Fig. 2. ").
Callouts should be 8-point Times normal font.
One blank line should be added before the figure and one after the figure caption.

TABLES

Small tables should be centered in the column; large ones should be placed and
centered over two columns.
A table title should be 8-point Times normal type, placed above the corresponding table
and centered.
The table title should be preceded by "Table ", the table number, and ". " (e.g., "Table 2.
").
One blank line should be added before the table title and one after the table.

REFERENCES

The numbered list of references, in the IEEE Transactions form, should be placed at the
end of your paper.
It should be in 8-point Times type, fully justified.
In the text, the references should be referred to using their numbers in square brackets,
e.g. [1].
The heading "REFERENCES" should follow the rules of the first-order headings, but
should appear without numbering.
The references included have to follow the instructions in \"Editing References\" of
'IEEE Editorial Style Manual: http://www.ieee.org/../stylemanual.pdf , pages 5 to 18..