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Vi Semester Mca Project Work Guidelines: Siddaganga Institute of Technology
Vi Semester Mca Project Work Guidelines: Siddaganga Institute of Technology
GUIDELINES
Dr.M.A.Jayaram
Professor and Head
PREAMBLE
• Make sure you mention the background to, and aim of the work.
• Include the basic concepts and theory relating to the work.
• Describe the procedures used. Identify major sources of error
and explain how they were dealt with.
• Only data directly relevant to the calculation of final results
should be presented, omit raw data. Graphs are a particularly
effective way of presenting results - only use table where it
would make more sense than providing a graph.
• Final results should be presented clearly and concisely; include
an analysis of errors, but omit details of arithmetical
manipulations.
• If computer code was used or written, give details of the checks
and validations you performed on the code.
• The interpretation of the results must be discussed, and
improvements and possible extensions of the work is to be
suggested.
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Plagiarism is cheating by claiming someone else's work as your own. Don't do it!
Consequences can be very severe.
Accusations of plagiarism in a report can always be avoided by quotation and proper
referencing.
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• You cannot copy and paste any text from any source unless it is quoted to
make it clear that it is copied and not your own words.
• Material, which is quoted, must be referenced in the text, that is there must
be a direct indication in the text of its source, using some standard
convention (e.g. numbers such as [1], or names and dates such as Smith
2001).
• Material which is paraphrased or otherwise directly used must also be
referenced. Where you paraphrase ideas or use re-write material in your own
words, you must still acknowledge the source, e.g. by writing ‘The outline
presented here is based on Smith (1999)’.
• There is a distinction between a list of references at the end of a piece of
work and a bibliography. The list of references gives full details of the
references in the text, whether these are numbers or names/dates. The
bibliography lists sources you consulted that have contributed to the work in a
general way, but which are not specifically referenced in the text. Usually the
list of references should be much longer than the bibliography.
You are not expected to re-invent the wheel; indeed you can legitimately be
penalized for doing so. It's good software engineering practice to re-use code. But
you must make clear which parts of your code are taken from elsewhere and which
are original. Carefully commenting your code can achieve this. You also need to
take precautions against other people copying your project, leading to you being
falsely accused of collusion. If your code and project report are on a networked
machine, make sure the permissions do not allow viewing. Put your name as author
in every Java class/C++ class.
Dr.M.A.Jayaram
Professor and Head
Department of MCA
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1.INTERNAL EVALUATION
1.1Project Seminars
You are required to present three seminars at various stages of your project
work. The date and time of your presentation will be communicated to you well in
advance. All the faculty of the department will evaluate your project work. The
seminars are crucial in getting good internal marks.
1.2First Seminar:
Weightage: 5 marks.
Duration: 15 minutes.
You are expected to present about the domain (area) you have chosen.
Following are the high spots in your presentation:
Weightage: 10 marks.
Duration: 15 minutes.
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You are expected to include the following in your presentation in the second
seminar;
Weightage: 10 marks.
Duration: 15 minutes.
You are expected to include the following in your presentation in the third
seminar;
Particulars Marks
1.Seminar-I 05
2.Seminar-II 10
3.Seminar-III 10
4.Report 25
Maximum Marks: 50
2. EVALUATION BY UNIVERSITY
At the university level, the project report gets evaluated for 125 marks. The
project report undergoes double evaluation i.e., by the respective guide and by
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the external examiner designated by the University. The parameters that are
seen during the evaluation are;
An external examiner and internal examiner both designated by the university will
conduct viva-voce and the student will be evaluated for 75 marks. The candidate
will be examined for the extent of the work done, originality, usefulness and
relevance.
3. DETAILS OF SUBMISSION
It is required to submit the reports well within the date specified by VTU. The
students, who fail to submit within the last date given, will be permitted to submit
dissertation reports later during the next subsequent semester examinations
only. Normally the last date for submission will be placed somewhere during
second or third week of June.
4. PROJECT REPORT
1. Title page
2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Abstract
4. Acknowledgement
5. Table of Contents
6. List of Tables
7. List of Figures
8. List of Symbols, Abbreviations or Nomenclature (Optional)
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9. Chapters
10. Appendices
11. References
The dimensions of the final bound copies of the project report should be 290mm
x 205mm. Standard A4 size (297mm x 210mm) paper may be used for preparing
the copies.
The final five copies of the project report (at the time of submission) should have
the following page margins:
Top Margin: 30 mm
Bottom edge: 30 mm
Left side: 35 mm
Right side: 25 mm
The project report should be prepared on good quality white paper preferably not
lower than 80 Gms /Sq. Meter.
Tables and figures should conform to the margin specifications. Large size
figures should be photographically or otherwise reduced to the appropriate size
before insertion.
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to ensure that all textual matter is typed to the extent possible in the same format
as may be required for the final project report.
Hence, some of the information required for the final typing of the project report is
also included in this section.
4.3.1 Title page – A specimen copy of the title page for project report is given in
Appendix 1.
4.3.4 Acknowledgement – It should be brief and should not exceed one page
when typed double spacing.
4.3.5 Table of contents – The table of contents should list all material following
it as well as any material which precedes it. The title page, bonafide Certificate
and acknowledgement will not find a place among the items listed in the table of
contents but the page numbers of which are in lower case Roman letters. One
and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
4.3.6 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they
appear above the tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted
for typing the matter under this head.
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4.3.7 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they
appear below the figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted
for typing the matter under this head.
4.3.9 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i)
Introductory chapter, (ii) Chapters developing the main theme of the project
report, (iii) Results, Discussion and Conclusion.
The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be
further divided into several divisions and sub-division.
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4.3.11 List of References – Any work of other researcher is used either directly
or indirectly. The origin of the material thus referred to at appropriate places in
the project report should be indicated. A paper, a monograph or a book may be
designated by the name of the first author followed by the year of publication,
placed inside brackets at the appropriate places in the project report should be
indicated. The citation may be written in any one of the following forms.
4.3.13 References
Book: (Author(s) name(s), Title of the Book, Publisher, Place, Year)
Paper in a Journal: (Author(s), Title of the paper, Journal, Volume (issue), year,
Page to page)
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Web Site
3. http://engr.iupui.edu/~shi/Conference/psopap4.html/
4.3.14 Tables and Figures – By the word Table, is meant tabulated data in the
body of the project report as well as in the appendices. All other material used in
the body of the project report and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps,
photographs, and screen snap shots and diagrams may be designated as
figures.
Tables and figures on half page or less in length may appear on the same page
along with the text. However, they should be separated from the text both above
and below by triple spacing.
Photographs and screen snap shots should be included in the colour Xerox form
only. More than one photograph can be included in a page.
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5.2 Chapters
The format for typing chapter headings, divisions’ headings and sub division
headings are explained through the following illustrative examples.
The word CHAPTER without punctuation should be centered 50mm down from
the top of the page. Two spaces below, the title of the chapter should be typed
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centrally in capital letters. The text should commence 4 spaces below this title,
the first letter of the text starting 20mm, inside from the left hand margin.
The division and sub-division captions along with their numberings should be left
justified. The typed material directly below division or sub-division heading should
commence 2 spaces below it.
6. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS
6.1 General
This section includes additional information for final typing of the project report.
Some information given earlier under ‘Manuscript preparation’ shall also be
referred.
Uniformity in the font of letters in the same project report shall be observed.
A sub-heading at the bottom of a page must have atleast two full lines below it or
else it should be carried over to the next page.
The last word of any page should not be split using a hyphen.
One and a half spacing should be used for typing the general text.
Long Tables
Long quotations
Foot notes
Multiline captions
References
All quotations exceeding one line should be typed in an indented space – the
indentation being 15mm from either margin.
Double spacing should be used for typing the Bonafide Certificate and
Acknowledgement.
6.2 Chapters
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The format for typing chapter headings, divisions’ headings and sub division
headings are explained through the following illustrative examples.
The word CHAPTER without punctuation should be centered 50mm down from
the top of the page. Two spaces below, the title of the chapter should be typed
centrally in capital letters. The text should commence 4 spaces below this title,
the first letter of the text starting 20mm, inside from the left hand margin.
The division and sub-division captions along with their numberings should be left
justified. The typed material directly below division or sub-division heading should
commence 2 spaces below it and should be offset 20mm from the left hand
margin. Within a division or sub-division, paragraphs are permitted. Even
paragraph should commence 3 spaces below the last line of the preceding
paragraph, the first letter in the paragraph being offset from the left hand margin
by 20mm.
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Every chapter beginning with the first chapter should be serially numbered using
Arabic numerals. Appendices included should also be numbered in an identical
manner starting with Appendix 1.
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min f ( x) (2.8)
x∈R
While referring to this equation in the body of the project report it should be
referred to as Equation (2.8).
8. BINDING SPECIFICATIONS
Project report submitted should be bound using flexible cover of thick white art
paper. The spine for the bound volume should be of Light Blue. The cover should
be printed in black letters and the text for printing should be identical to what has
been prescribed for the title page.
9. CHAPTER CONTENTS
Chapter 5: A session with the software: Screen snap shots in the chronological
order with brief explanation for each.
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APPENDIX 1
(A typical Specimen of Title Page)
Of
By
(Name of Candidate)
USN
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APENDIX-II
(Format of the Bonafide certificate)
CERTIFICATE
carried out the project under my supervision. Certified further, that to the best of
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my knowledge the work reported herein does not form part of any other project
Principal
Head of the Department
APENDIX-III
(Sample abstracts)
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Example 1:
This project work is an attempt to develop a GUI based package for the
implementation of simple genetic algorithm based optimizations in any field that
is user specific. The package is provided with an efficient user interface with
explanation facility so that even a novice user can participate in the development
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of optimization model in his/her chosen domain. The front end has been created
using Java Swing. At the back end the algorithm has been coded in Java.
The validation has been done for some benchmark problems availed from the
literature. The system yielded encouraging results in terms of optimized decision
variable values. Though the package has given satisfactory results at academic
level, the package needs to be field tested for its adaptability and usefulness.
Example 2:
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This project brings out the development of an online estate agent system, which
could be deployed either by a real estate agent or a prospective buyer. The
project is more of a Web Enabled Agent (WEEA), which is internet-based
application. This system is intended to be used for storing and searching the
property portfolios.
The main modules of the system include Property Portfolio Management, User
Management, and General Management. Property portfolio management deals
with maintaining information related to properties. User management deals with
maintaining user information depending on the user category, transaction type,
property category and property subcategory. General management deals with
concepts like advertisements and sending buyer information to the seller.
The system has given satisfactory results at academic level testing. However,
field-testing of the software is yet to be done to improve the software.
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APENDIX-III
(Sample Conclusions)
The conclusion of your project work should provide a final critical reflection on the
study and its contribution to literature and the area of investigation. It should also
point to issues that could be pursued in future project work.
Conclusions are usually short and should not contain new material. They are
often difficult to write, as you are likely to feel that you have said it all by this
stage. As a result, many students simply summarize what they have said in
previous chapters…unfortunately, this is NOT concluding! The conclusion of your
project has three main roles.
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Example 1:
This project report brought out the development of a simple genetic algorithm
(SGA) shell, which can be a useful tool in the hands of any user to develop SGA
model for optimization problem in his/her domain of interest. The package has
been provided with highly interactive user interface. Based on the project work,
following conclusions could be drawn.
1. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) based optimizer like the one developed
in this work is of immense help for any user as he/she could effortlessly
model the chosen domain.
2. A user can directly type the objective function and constraints so that the
user would be at ease.
3. The package can cater to any number of decision variables. The results
are tuned to third decimal place of accuracy,
4. With minor modification, the package can be uploaded over to the net.
This enables a large number of people to make use of the effort.
Future Enhancements
The project carried out is amenable for future enhancements. Following are the
improvements suggested:
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Example 2:
The development of the software was done on a modular basis. Following are
the facilities provided:
3. Search information
4. Update information
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5. Deleting Information.
It is felt that this kind of a package is useful in the hands of real estate people
and the others involved in buying and selling land properties. The interface has
been extremely good such that even a novice user can work with the software.
Future Enhancements
There is still lot of scope for the enhancement of this work. Following are the
suggested future enhancements.
1. Details of location of the plot need be graphically shown with the relevant
area map.
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