1 Getting Ready 1
1.1 Preliminaries 1
1.2 Content 2
1.3 Community 6
1.4 Where to Publish 8
1.5 Abstract and Paper 12
1.6 Paper Structure 13
1.7 Plan 16
1.8 When to Write 18
2 Doing the Writing 19
2.1 Writing Strategy 19
2.2 The First Draft 20
2.3 Revision 21
3 The Paper 23
3.1 The Abstract 23
3.2 Introduction 25
3.3 Related Work 30
3.4 Overview 34
3.5 Detail Sections 38
3.6 Theory 40
3.7 Algorithms 42
3.8 Experimental Results 49
3.9 Conclusions 55
3.10 Acknowledgements 57
3.11 References 58
3.12 Appendices 60
4 Style 63
4.1 Readership 63
4.2 Critical Analysis 65
4.3 Precision 68
4.4 Coneiseness 70
4.5 Logical Writing 74
4.6 Balance 75
4.7 Completeness 76
5 Presentation 79
5.1 Figures 79
5.2 Tables 84
5.3 Mathematical Notation 85
5.4 Units 88
5.5 Numbering 91
5.6 Terminology 94
6 Submitting Your Paper 97
6.1 Outlet and Readership 98
6.2 Reviewing Form 98
6.3 Checklist 99
6.4 Format 106
7 The Editor's Decision 111
7.1 Acceptance 111
7.2 Revision 112
7.3 Rejection 115
8 Further Reading 119
Index 121