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ComputingScienceandMathematics
UniversityofStirling

Abstract
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enteredusingtheUnnumbered1paragraphstyle.TheUnnumbered1styleautomatically
startsanewpage.
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andyoursupervisor,tellwhichversionismostcurrent.
Note:YouarerequiredtosubmitoneextracopyofyourtitlepageandAbstract.
Itissuggestedthattheabstractbestructuredasfollows:

Problem:Whatyoutackled,andwhythisneededasolution

Objectives:Whatyousetouttoachieve,andhowthisaddressedtheproblem

Methodology:Howyouwentaboutsolvingtheproblem

Achievements:Whatyoumanagedtoachieve,andhowfaritmeetsyourobjectives.

Attestation
Iunderstandthenatureofplagiarism,andIamawareoftheUniversityspolicyonthis.
IcertifythatthisdissertationreportsoriginalworkbymeduringmyUniversityproject
exceptforthefollowing(adjustaccordingtothecircumstances):

ThetechnologyreviewinSection2.5waslargelytakenfrom[17].

ThecodediscussedinSection3.1wascreatedbyAcmeCorporation(www.acme
corp.com/JavaExpert)andwasusedinaccordancewiththelicencesupplied.

ThecodediscussedinSection3.5waswrittenbymysupervisor.

ThecodediscussedinSection4.2wasdevelopedbymeduringavacationplacement
withthecollaboratingcompany.Inaddition,thisusedideasIhadalreadydeveloped
inmyowntime.

Signature

(youmustdeletethis,thensignanddatethispage)

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Date

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgeanyonewhohashelpedyouinyourworksuchasyoursupervisor,technical
supportstaff,fellowstudentsorexternalorganisations.Acknowledgethesourceofanywork
thatisnotyourown.

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TableofContents
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Abstract................................................................................................................................
Attestation...........................................................................................................................ii
Acknowledgements............................................................................................................iii
TableofContents...............................................................................................................iv
ListofFigures......................................................................................................................v
1 Introduction....................................................................................................................1
1.1 BackgroundandContext.........................................................................................1
1.2 ScopeandObjectives..............................................................................................1
1.3 Achievements..........................................................................................................1
1.4 OverviewofDissertation........................................................................................1
2 StateofTheArt.............................................................................................................2
3 TechnicalChapters(changethistosomethingappropriate)............................................3
3.1 FirstSection............................................................................................................3
3.1.1 FirstSubsection..................................................................................................3
3.1.1.1 FirstSubsubsection.....................................................................................3
3.1.2 SecondSubsection.............................................................................................3
3.2 SecondSection........................................................................................................3
4 Conclusion......................................................................................................................5
4.1 Summary.................................................................................................................5
4.2 Evaluation...............................................................................................................5
4.3 FutureWork............................................................................................................5
References...........................................................................................................................6
Appendix1..........................................................................................................................7
Appendix2Userguide.....................................................................................................8
Appendix3Installationguide...........................................................................................9

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ListofFigures
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Figure 1.

HighlyTechnicalDiagram..................................................................................4

1 Introduction
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socalledquickstyles.IfthestylesreferredtobelowarenotvisibleontheHomeribboninthe
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category.Stylescanthenbeappliedfromthedropdownbox.Tomakeastylevisibleasa
quickstyle,chooseApplyStyles,thenclickStyles(theAAicon),thenclickonthedropdown
listforastyle,andthenAddtoQuickStyleGallery.
ChaptersareenteredusingtheHeading1paragraphstyle.TheHeading1style
automaticallymovestothestartofanewpage,andsuppliesthenextchapternumber.Thenew
paragraphwhenyoupressReturnafteraheadingautomaticallyusestheBodyFirstparagraph
style(likethisone,withnoindentonthefirstline).
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paragraphstyle.ThenewparagraphwhenyoupressReturnafteraBodyFirstparagraph
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newlinesorspacestoformattext.Ifyouneedtousequotes,preferablyusesinglecurly
quotes.Ifyouwishtoemphasisesomething,usuallyuseitalicfont.
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1.1

BackgroundandContext

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usingtheHeading2paragraphstyletheHeading2styleautomaticallysuppliesthenext
sectionnumber.

1.2

ScopeandObjectives

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1.3

Achievements

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1.4

OverviewofDissertation

Brieflyoverviewthecontentsofwhatfollowsinthedissertation.

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2 StateofTheArt
Summarisecurrentknowledgeandwhatothershavedoneinthevarioustopicsofyour
dissertationintheapplicationareaandinthevarioustechnologiesthatyoumighthaveused
ordiduse.Writeforsomeonefamiliarwithcomputing,butnotnecessarilyexpertinthe
particulartopicsofyourproject.Givereferencestootherworkbyusingcrossreferencesto
entriesintheReferencessection,likethis[2].

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3 TechnicalChapters(changethistosomething
appropriate)
Note:Thispartofthedissertationwillnormallybeexpandedtobeaseriesofchapters.
Thetechnicalbodyofthedissertationconsistsofanumberofchapters(justonehere,but
therewillusuallybemore).Followalogicalstructureinhowyoupresentyourwork.This
willusuallybethephasesofthesoftwaredevelopmentcycle,themodulesofyoursystem,etc.
However,pleasedonotwriteyourdissertationtoreadlikeadiary.
Includeachapterdemonstratingwhatyouhaveachievedandhowyoursystemisusedin
practiceforexampleshowingatypicalsessionasaseriesofpastedinscreenshots,withan
accompanyingcommentary.
Youshouldalsoincludeachapterexplaininghowyouobtainedfeedbackfromyour
customerorpotentialusersofyoursystem,whatfeedbackyouactuallyobtained,andyour
analysisandcomments.

3.1

FirstSection

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3.1.1

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3.1.1.1

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3.2

SecondSection

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tohaveanautomaticFigureparagraphfollowingit.Figurehasautomaticfigurenumbering,
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page,pastanyothertext,ratherthanhavingabiggapinthetext.

Figure 1. HighlyTechnicalDiagram

4 Conclusion
4.1

Summary

Summarisewhatyouhaveachieved.

4.2

Evaluation

Standbackandevaluatewhatyouhaveachievedandhowwellyouhavemettheobjectives.
Evaluateyourachievementsagainstyourobjectivesinsection1.2.Demonstratethatyouhave
tackledtheprojectinaprofessionalmanner.
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sectionisaltered,forexampleifachapterorsectionisaddedordeletedbeforeit.Cross
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automaticallywhenprinted,butmaynotdosoonscreenbeforehand;youcanupdateafield
manuallyonscreenbyrightclickingonitandselectingUpdatefieldfromthepopupmenu.)

4.3

FutureWork

Explainanylimitationsinyourresultsandhowthingsmightbeimproved.Discusshowyour
workmightbedevelopedfurther.Reflectonyourresultsinisolationandinrelationtowhat
othershaveachievedinthesamefield.Thisselfanalysisisparticularlyimportant.You
shouldgiveacriticalevaluationofwhatwentwell,andwhatmightbeimproved.

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References
UsetheReferenceparagraphstyletoenterandcrossreferencedocumentreferences.Books
[1],standards[2],reports[3],journalarticles[4],conferencepapers[5],andwebpages[6]
areconventionallypresentedinslightlydifferentways.

[1] Greene,D.andWilliams,P.C.LinearAcceleratorsforRadiationTherapy,Second
Edition.IOPPublishingLtd.,BristolandPhiladelphia,1997.
[2] ISO.LanguageOfTemporalOrderingSpecification,ISO8807,International
OrganizationforStandardization,Geneva,1989.
[3] Jacobson,J.andAndersen,O.,editors.SoftwareControlledMedicalDevices.SPReport
1997:11,SwedishNationalTestingandResearchInstitute,Sweden,1997.
[4] Turner,K.J.TheRulesforSailingRacesonPDAs,J.Navigation,23(5):114240,May
2002.
[5] Ji,H.andTurner,K.J.SpecificationandVerificationofSynchronousHardwareusing
LOTOS.InWu,J.Chanson,S.T.Gao,Q.editors,Proc.FormalMethodsforProtocol
EngineeringandDistributedSystems(FORTEXII/PSTVXIX),pages295312,Kluwer
AcademicPublishers,London,UK,October1999.
[6] UniversityofStirling.ComputingScienceandMathematicsResearchHomePage,
http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/research,April2002.

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Appendix1
Youmayhaveoneormoreappendicescontainingdetail,bulkyorreferencematerialthatis
relevantthoughsupplementarytothemaintext:perhapsadditionalspecifications,tablesor
diagramsthatwoulddistractthereaderifplacedinthemainpartofthedissertation.Makesure
thatyouplaceappropriatecrossreferencesinthemaintexttodirectthereadertotherelevant
appendices.
Notethatyoushouldnotincludeyourprogramlistingsasanappendixorappendices.
Youshouldsubmitonecopyofsuchbulkytextasaseparateitem,perhapsonadisk.

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Appendix2Userguide
Ifyouproducedsoftwarethatisintendedforotherstouse,orthatothersmaywishto
extend/improve,thenauserguideandaninstallationguideappendicesareessential.

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Appendix3Installationguide
Ifyouproducedsoftwarethatisintendedforotherstouse,orthatothersmaywishto
extend/improve,thenauserguideandaninstallationguideappendicesareessential.

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