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1 Research Article or Review Article

3 Optimal mechanical harvester route planning for sugarcane field operations using

4 particle swarm optimization

5 Woraya Neungmatcha and Kanchana Sethanan*

6 Research Unit on System Modeling for Industry, Department of Industrial Engineering,

7 Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand.

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Corresponding author. Tel.: +00-0000-0000; Email address:

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11 Abstract

12 This is an instruction for manuscript preparation for publication in Engineering and Applied

13 Science Research (EASR). The abstract should contain a single paragraph describing

14 objective, methodology and a summary of important results. Its length should not exceed 300

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16 Keywords: 3-6 keywords, separated by commas, the first letter of each keyword must be capitalized.

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18 1. Introduction

19 Start the first paragraph and subsequent paragraphs with indentation. Use tab stops or

20 other commands for indents but do not use the space bar. Primary headings should begin at

21 the left margin in boldface.

22 This article demonstrates an example for you to prepare your article for submission to

23 Engineering and Applied Science Research (EASR). Please strictly follow the guideline and

24 use Microsoft Word for Window. The length shall not exceed 15 pages or 10,000 words.

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26 2. Materials and methods

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28 2.1 Paper size and margins

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30 Manuscript should be created using MS Word. Please use A4 paper size (21x 29.7 cm),

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32 and line numbering, and be typed in double spacing. Figure and tables should be placed as

33 close as possible to where they are mentioned in the text.

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36 Figure 1 Direction of sugarcane planting groves

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41 2.1.1 Structure of article

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43 The article content will, in general, consist of the following headings: Introduction,

44 Materials and Methodology, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, and

45 References.

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78 6. Acknowledgements

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82 7. References

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111 [4] Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th

112 Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.

113 Conference paper 

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115 Place of publication: Publisher; Year. Page.

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130 nursing facility stays. Final report. Dallas: Office of Evaluation and Inspection; 1994.

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