Manuscripts are limited to 10 pages. However plenary lectures are limited to 15 pages.  All the authors are invited to adhere to the present instructions so that the style of the publication will be consistent. This short document can be viewed as a sample paper and will assist authors in manuscript preparation.
The abstract may be written in French, in English or in both of these languages. The character is fixed at 11pt size (Times New Roman or Times Roman, normal). The French speaking author is encouraged to write the abstract in English and the paper in French.
 

Le manuscrit est limité à 10 pages. Néanmoins les conférences plénières sont limitées à 15 pages. Tous les auteurs sont invités à respecter ces instructions de telle sorte que la publication soit homogène. Ce court document peut être considéré comme un modèle utile dans la préparation des manuscrits pour les auteurs. Le résumé des articles sera rédigé avec la police roman à 11pt (Times New Roman ou Times Roman, normal), soit en français, en anglais ou dans les deux langues. Pour les auteurs francophones, il est préférable de rédiger le résumé en anglais et l'article en français.

The title of the paragraphs (Abstract, Résumé, Keywords, Mots-clés) are in bold times roman 12pt.

The text should be placed in an area that is 160mm in width and 247mm in height.

The authors and organisations are grouped and presented under the title of the paper.

For the paper text, the font features are:

- Font family : Times Roman.
- Font size   : 11pt.
- Single spacing, except for the title and the section headings.

The text may be written in French or in English.

The preferred text processing softwares are :

• Microsoft Word 95, format MS Office 2000 not accepted.
• LaTeX, Please send us the complete source package which is used to compile and process the article. (see example for LaTeX's users below)

Example for LaTeX's users :

	\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
	\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}    % for french version
	\usepackage[frenchb]{babel} % for french version
	\usepackage{geometry}
	\geometry{a4paper,vmargin=2.5cm,hmargin=2.5cm}
	\usepackage{times}          % use PS fonts

	\title{your title here}
	\author{your name here}
	\date{2000-04-12}

	\begin{document}
	\maketitle
	\begin{abstract}
	  % Your abstract here !
	\end{abstract}
	  % your article here 
	\end{document}

Equations should be indented 12.7mm from the left margin of the page.  and numbered consecutively with one blank line above and below all equations.

Figures (diagrams and photographs) should also be numbered consecutively and should be placed in the text soon after the point where they are referenced.  Figures should be centred in the manuscript and should have a figure caption placed underneath.  The figures may be pasted in or, in the case of diagrams, they may be printed from a file.  One blank line should be placed above and below all figures.

The page format is summarised as below

- Paper size                : A4 210mm x 297mm
- Margins                   : 25mm
- Text body area            : 160mm x 247mm
- Text font family          : Times Roman
- Title of the paper        : Bold, 16pt
- Main section heading      : bold, 14pt
- Subsection heading        : bold, 12pt
- Legend of table or figure : centered, italic , 11pt
- Text font size            : 11pt, single line spacing.
- Total number of pages     : 10 (standard manuscript), 15 (plenary lecture)

References

In the text, the reference should be indicated by a  number in square brackets (e.g. [1]). The reference section that follows in this sample document illustrates the format that should be used.  Paper and book titles should be in italic.

[1] AUTHOR , Title of the paper or of the book,  Journal title, pp. …., editor or conference, place, date.