| 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). 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). Representing Action: Indeterminacy and Ramifications. Artificial Intelligence, 95(2):409-438. |