Elsevier Journal of Systems and Software

Special Issue

Automated Component-Based Software Engineering

Editor-in-Chief:	David Card
Guest Editors:	Ivica Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, Västeras (Sweden),
	Heinz Schmidt, Monash University, Melbourne (Australia),
	Judith Stafford, Tufts University, Boston (USA),
	Kurt Wallnau, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (USA)

Final Paper Submission Page

Final Paper Submission Deadline: 1 March 2003.

This page allows authors of accepted papers to submit their final camera-ready copy (CRC) electronically. It allows us (the guest editors of the special issue) to do some final checking before handing the special issue papers over to JSS - especially completeness of submission meta-data, satisfactory final revisions and acceptable paper length.

After proof reading we may get back to you for some final editing touches - or we will do simple format changes ourselves. Hence we need both a text processing and a printable version of your text (details further down). In any event we will get back to you.

We require a printable version of the text in PDF format and the source to produce this. Note: The CRC format used in the final print differs from the manuscript format for the initial submission.

There are two options:

Authors may use Latex and produce a double-column CRC format paper in the Elsevier Latex format. The Latex will be used by Elsevier directly to produce the final paper from your submission. You will find this format at the JSS Latex authors' page. Look for "double-column CRC" in the bottom half of that page. Regarding the PDF you produce, note that you can use "pdflatex" on most Unix systems to produce PDF that prints well on other systems. If "pdflatex" is not installed on your Unix system you may use the package "truetype" to improve the online readability and the print of your paper.
Use the Elsevier JSS manuscript format (required for the initial submission). You will find a detailed description of this format at the JSS ACBSE submission format page. Elsevier will rekey your submission from the printed paper. Therefore the manuscript format is in larger font and double-spaced. The retyping process may invite errors, require more proofing and hence more time.

Our email to authors explicitly specifies the page limit in units of CRC pages. If you do not submit in Latex format, please multiply the page budget allocated to you by a factor of 2.1 which accounts for the difference in font size, spacing and page setup. For example, if we allocated 10 pages in double-column CRC format, allow for no more than 21 pages manuscript format.

Before submitting please check one last time: Does your submission

address all reviewers' comments,
follow the format requirements above,
stay within or below the allocated page budget?

If your submissions meets the above requirements, please follow the instructions, step-by-step, and then use the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form.

Please provide the following information required by JSS:

Paper reference number (2002 submission)
Corresponding author's name:
Corresponding author's email:
Phone:
Fax:
Postal Address:
Title of Paper:
Authors:
Submit Paper:

Please upload a TAR or ZIP file containing both the source file (MSWord or Latex) and the portably printable file (PDF or PS). These files must have the proper MIME extent (.doc, .tex, .pdf or .ps). If you submit latex, place all sections incl. bibliography and non-standard macros into a single .tex file and include into the tar file all eps figures (if any).
A TAR file can optionally be compressed, with its appropriate MIME extent (tar.gz or tar.Z) please.

In rare cases you may need to use compression, since our server may have buffer limitations for a single transfer.
Find the file containing your submission:

File:

Once you hit submit expect a confirmation page (or an error page if something is missing).

You can submit multiple times, if there is a problem.

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Paper reference number (2002 submission)
Corresponding author's name:
Corresponding author's email:
Phone:
Fax:
Postal Address:
Title of Paper:
Authors:
Submit Paper: Please upload a TAR or ZIP file containing both the source file (MSWord or Latex) and the portably printable file (PDF or PS). These files must have the proper MIME extent (.doc, .tex, .pdf or .ps). If you submit latex, place all sections incl. bibliography and non-standard macros into a single .tex file and include into the tar file all eps figures (if any). A TAR file can optionally be compressed, with its appropriate MIME extent (tar.gz or tar.Z) please. In rare cases you may need to use compression, since our server may have buffer limitations for a single transfer. Find the file containing your submission:
File: