===== Introductions ===== ===Struture of an Introduction=== | General context of the work | A bit more detail on the first few sentences in the Abstract. | | Motivation | Why did you do this work? An expansion of the 1-2 motivational sentences in the Abstract. | | Key related work - the main work that gives your work context | Keep references to a minimum; they should be handled in the Related Work section. | | Structure of the paper | The last paragraph may start with "The structure of this paper is as follows:". | | Example (short) Introduction - fairly good example. Clear and concise. | Goldman, C. V. & J. S. Rosenschein (1994). [[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.31.3588&rep=rep1&type=pdf|Emergent Coordination Through the Use of Cooperative State-Changing Rules.]] Proceedings of the Twelfth International Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence, 171-185. | | Example (long) Introduction - actually a bit too long. | Enrico Giunchiglia, G. Neelakantan Kartha, Vladimir Lifschitz (1997). [[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.56.5543&rep=rep1&type=pdf|Representing Action: Indeterminacy and Ramifications. Artificial Intelligence, 95(2):409-438.]] |