Submissions

1. Send five printed copies to:

   JEO/OPTE (ISSN:1389-4420)
   Springer Science
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   If possible send also an electronic version to the Editor in Chief.

   Tamás Terlaky
   Department of Computing and Software
   Faculty of Engineering
   McMaster University
   1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L7
   Tel.: +1 (905) 525-9140 ext. 27780
   Fax: +1 (905) 524-0340
   E-mail: terlaky@cas.mcmaster.ca
   URL address: http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~terlaky/
   

2. Enclose with each manuscript, on a separate page, from three to five keywords.
3. Enclose originals for the illustrations, in the style described below, for one copy of the manuscript. Photocopies of the figures may accompany the remaining copies of the manuscript. Alternatively, original illustrations may be submitted after the paper has been accepted.
4. Enclose a separate page giving the preferred address of the contact author for correspondence and return of proofs. Please include a telephone number, fax number and e-mail address, if available.
5. The refereeing is done by anonymous reviewers.

Manuscript Style

1. Download style files
2. Typeset, double or 1 1/2 space; use one side of sheet only (laser printed, typewritten and good quality duplication acceptable).
3. Use an informative title for the paper and include an abstract of 100 to 250 words at the head of the manuscript. The abstract should be a carefully worded description of the problem addressed, the key ideas introduced, and the results. Abstracts will be printed with the article.
4. Provide a separate double-spaced sheet listing all footnotes, beginning with "Affiliation of author" and continuing with numbered footnotes. Acknowledgment of financial support may be given if appropriate. References in the text should be denoted by numbers in square brackets, e.g. [12].
5. References should appear in a separate bibliography at the end of the paper double spaced with items referred to by numerals and put in alphabetical order. References should be complete, in the following style:
   • Papers:Author(s) initials followed by last name for each author, paper title, publication name, volume, inclusive page numbers, month and year.
   • Books: Author(s),title, publisher, location, year, chapter or page numbers (if desired).
   • Examples:

               (Book) D. Marr, Vision, A Computational Investigation into the
               Human Representation & Processing of Visual Information,
               Freeman: San Francisco, CA, 1982.
               (Journal Article) A. Rosenfeld and M. Thurston, "Edge and
               curve detection for visual scene analysis," IEEE Trans.
               Comput., vol. C.-20, pp. 562-569, 1971.
               (Conference Proceedings) A. Witkin, "Scales space filtering," in
               Proc. Int. Joint Conf. Artif. Intell., Karlsruhe, West Germany,
               1983, pp. 1019-1021.
               (Lab. memo.) A.L. Yuille and T. Poggio, "Scaling theorems for
               zero crossings," M.I.T. Artif. Intell. Lab., Massachusetts Inst.
               Technol., Cambridge, MA, A.I. Memo. 722, 1983.
     

6. Type or mark mathematical expressions exactly as they should appear in print. Journal style for letter symbols is as follows: variables, italic type (indicated by underline); constants, roman text type; matrices and vectors, boldface type (indicated by wavy underline). In word-processor manuscripts, use appropriate typeface. It will be assumed that letters in displayed equations are to be set in italic type unless you mark them otherwise. All letter symbols in text discussion must be marked if they should be italic or boldface. Indicate best breaks for equations in case they will not fit on one line.

Illustrations

1. Color Illustrations: The policy for Springer journals is that authors are charged NLG 1750 for each page; the rate does not change when there is more than one figure on the page. Two pages cost NLG 2750, and any additional page in a sheet of 16 is NLG 500. Preference is to receive the figures in PDF and in this case authors receive a discount of NLG 100.
2. Originals for illustrations should be sharp, noise-free, and of good contrast. We regret that we cannot provide drafting or art service.
3. Line drawings should be in laser printer output or in India ink on paper, or board. Use 8 1/2 x 11-inch (22 x 29 cm) size sheets if possible, to simplify handling of the manuscript.
4. Each figure should be mentioned in the text and numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. Specify the desired location of each figure in the text, but place the figure itself on a separate page following the text.
5. Number each table consecutively using Arabic numerals. Please label any material that can be typeset as a table, reserving the term "figure" for material that has been drawn. Specify the desired location of each table in the text, but place the table itself on a separate page following the text. Type a brief title above each table.
6. All lettering should be large enough to permit legible reduction.
7. Photographs should be glossy prints, of good contrast and gradation, and any reasonable size.
8. Number each original on the back.
9. Provide a separate sheet listing all figure captions, in proper style for the typesetter, e.g., "Fig. 3. Examples of the fault coverage of random vectors in (a) combinational and (b) sequential circuits."

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