You are required to carry out background research into your chosen topic and report on your findings. You must present the results of your investigation as a word-processed document. The report should summarise the state of the art, historical development, or current trends in your topic. A clear description of the potential for further development within the area must also be given. </o:p>
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Your report should not exceed 5000 words in length (12 pages), be presented using a 12-point font at 1.5 line spacing and should include figures, tables, etc. where appropriate. All submissions must be accompanied by a full set of references (books, journal articles, conference proceedings, web pages, software etc.). A suggested set of sections / headings is as follows:</o:p>Click here for more on this paper.......
Title</o:p>
Table of Contents</o:p>
Abstract (or Summary)</o:p>
Introduction (i.e. background)</o:p>
Review of literature</o:p>
Conclusions</o:p>
Further Work</o:p>
References</o:p>Click here for more on this paper.......
Appendices (if any)</o:p>
Suggestions regarding style:</o:p>
- Titles and headings should be concise and informative</o:p>
- The title should convey all the important ideas in the report and the main focus</o:p>
- Section headings should reflect the logical structure of the report</o:p>
- Titles and headings should be numbered and formatted</o:p>
- Avoid personal pronouns such as I </o:p>
- Keep sentences short and to the point</o:p>
- Avoid abbreviations, jargon or slang</o:p>
- Use simple language, when possible</o:p>
- USE THE SPELLING CHECKER</o:p>
- Possibly use the grammar checker (though exercise caution with this)</o:p>
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- You must include only the RELEVANT papers and books that you have read. </o:p>
- You need to weave the references into the description, rather than listing all the references and describing each of them.</o:p>
- You may find it useful to include a table(s) that describes references by features.</o:p>
- Your Literature Survey should help you place your project into a body of knowledge and should prevent you “re-inventing the wheel”. </o:p>Click here for more on this paper.......
- Your Literature Survey should describe the areas and sub-areas of relevance, indicate the “hot” areas and the gaps in knowledge.</o:p>
- You must draw together a range of connected references and provide a clear summary of the work described in your own words, while demonstrating awareness of the context in which the work was carried out and the potential for further development.</o:p>Click here for more on this paper.......
Key things that we are looking for (assessment criteria):</o:p>
Content:</o:p>
Is the literature review of the area thorough and scholarly?</o:p>
Are the references appropriate?</o:p>
Is there a critical analysis of the general area (i.e. background)?</o:p>
Is there a comparison of techniques/example systems?</o:p>
Are the key issues in the application area identified and analysed?</o:p>
Has the potential for further work been identified?</o:p>
Is there a clear summary / set of conclusions?</o:p>
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Is the document complete and self-contained?</o:p>
Is the document well structured?</o:p>
Is the standard of English acceptable?</o:p>
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