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Paper Format
The paper should be a maximum of 8 pages, please prepare an electronic version of your paper according to the following Style and Format.

Paper Style
The Paper should be prepared according to the IFAC LaTeX file: ifacconf_latex.zip. The package for IFAC papers consists of the following files:

  • The ifacconf.cls class style file for papers
  • The ifacconf.tex sample paper file
  • Some auxiliary files
Other than the sample file, there is no specific instruction on how to use the ifacconf.cls document class.
Moreover, several requirements on the pdf files and the style of the manuscript are imposed. Briefly,
  • All fonts must be embedded in the file
  • Fonts that require non-English language support are not allowed
  • The paper size for final submission must be A4 and not US Letter
  • The document margins must satisfy the printer's requirements
  • The number of pages is not limited but the file size must be no more than 1.5 MB
  • The document should not have any password protection

For Authors using Microsoft Word the compressed file ifacconf_office.zip is available containing the following files:
  • The ifaconf.doc file, which can be used as a template for IFAC paper files
  • The ifaconf_sample_office PDF file
Instructions and template files for IFAC papers can be found here:
http://www.ifac-control.org/events/information-for-ifac-authors

Paper submission
Please refer to the 'Paper Submissions' tab for more information on submitting your paper.

Copyright conditions
The material submitted for presentation at an IFAC meeting (Congress, Symposium, Conference, Workshop) must be original, not published or being considered elsewhere. All papers accepted for presentation will appear in the Preprints of the meeting and will be distributed to the participants. Proceedings of the IFAC Congress, Symposia, Conferences and Workshops will be hosted on-line on the IFAC-PapersOnLine.net website. The presented papers will be further screened for possible publication in the IFAC Journals (Automatica, Control Engineering Practice, Annual Reviews in Control, Journal of Process Control , Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, and Mechatronics), or in IFAC affiliated journals. All papers presented will be recorded as an IFAC Publication.
Copyright of material presented at an IFAC meeting is held by IFAC. Authors will be required to transfer copyrights electronically. The IFAC Journals and, after these, IFAC affiliated journals have priority access to all contributions presented. However, if the author is not contacted by an editor of these journals, within three months after the meeting, he/she is free to submit an expanded version of the presented material for journal publication elsewhere. In this case, the paper must carry a reference to the IFAC meeting where it was originally presented and, if the paper has appeared on the website http://www.ifac-papersonline.net/, also a reference to this publication.




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