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© Kaunas University of Technology	Guidelines for Preparing a Paper for Information Technology and Control	
	Received 202X/XX/XX	Accepted after revision 202X/XX/XX	

Guidelines for Preparing a Paper for Information Technology and Control 
First A. Author, Second B. Author
Faculty of Informatics; Kaunas University of Technology;  Studentų Str. 50, LT-51368, Kaunas, Lithuania; phone: +370 37 300 35; fax: +370 37 300 352; e-mails: itc@ktu.lt
Third C. Author
Dean’s office of the Faculty of Informatics; Kaunas University of Technology;  Studentų Str. 50-409a, LT-51368, Kaunas, Lithuania; phone: +370 37 300 35; fax: +370 37 300 352; e-mails: itc@ktu.lt

Corresponding author: itc@ktu.lt

These guidelines provide the instructions for preparing scientific papers for the research journal Information Technology and Control. The preferred format of the papers is .doc or .docx, thus this document can be used as a template, provided the author is using Microsoft Word. The journal also accepts papers that are prepared using the LaTex software. The abstract in English should be between 1000-1500 printed characters. The abstract should briefly explain the novelty of the topic, the scope, research questions, how the research was undertaken, and reveal the main findings as well as their value to the field.
KEYWORDS: Please indicate five to seven keywords, all of which should be separated by commas.

1.	Introduction
The journal Information Technology and Control gives preference to manuscripts of high scientific level, which have not been published, and are written not only for specialists but also for the general public interested in the questions of computer science and control systems.
Papers should be written in comprehensible academic English. We strongly recommend to attentively check the spelling and get your paper proofread by a native English speaker. 
The text should be prepared using the guidelines defined in this document. Use either Microsoft Word or LaTex text editor. Submit the paper online at the website www.itc.ktu.lt. Once you submit the paper, you will be able to track the process on the same platform. 
The length of the manuscripts is not strictly limited, but it is recommended not to exceed 20 pages. Tables, charts, and illustrations should be submitted in separate files (not only in Microsoft Word or LaTex software). If illustrations are prepared using Excel software, it is necessary to provide open operational files of illustrations. The photo resolution should not be less than 300 dpi. If you are using Visyo, please save your illustrations as pdf files as conversion to jpg produces lower quality images.
The initial manuscript and all the edited versions, if there will be any, should be uploaded by using the same paper ID and a specific user name and password. Papers that are simply sent to our e-mail but not uploaded on the website, will not be considered. 
2.	Paper and Text Format
The fonts, their sizes, and styles can be seen in the table below. 

Table 1
The recommended fonts
Item	Font 	Size	Style	
Title of the paper	Times New Roman 	30 pt	Normal 	
Authors’ names	Times New Roman	13 pt	Normal 	
Authors’ address	Times New Roman	10 pt	Normal	
Abstract 	Times New Roman	10 pt	Normal	
Title of sections	Times New Roman	14 pt	Normal	
Text, formulae, equations	Times New Roman	10 pt	Normal	
Algorithms 	Times New Roman	10 pt	Normal	
References 	Times New Roman	9 pt	Normal	

3.	Tables, Figures, and Images
Tables and figures should appear within the text rather than in appendices. All illustrations should be numbered in Arabic numerals. Place a caption at the top. Figures must have a caption at the top as well. 
It is very important that all the images that are present in your paper are of high quality. Even though different types of visuals are accepted, we cannot enhance their quality. Please also mind that the journal is published in grayscale, so the graphs and bars should be designed in such a manner that the reader can easily comprehend the aspects which the author wants to highlight. Upload the graphic files in one supplementary file (*.zip or *.rar).

Figure 1 
Digital representation of a sample cell in a board maze: empty cell (at the top), player occupied cell (in the middle), cuckoo occupied cell (at the bottom). 

4.	Equations 
The equations can be prepared using Microsoft Equation, MathType or LaTex editor. Please do not use the Cambria Math font. If you are using additional fonts that are not available by default, please inform the administrator via e-mail itc@ktu.lt. If symbols that are represented by the letters from the Latin alphabet occur within the body text, please do not use equation editors to insert them – use regular text editor instead. 
The equations can be placed within the text or on a separate line. In the latter case, each equation should be numbered consecutively. Number the equations with Arabic numerals. Mind the punctuation – if several equations appear consecutively, separate them with commas, put a full stop at the end.
F (x) = wij(xi − xj )2,	                                                                   (1)
xi ∈ {0, 1}, i ∈ V,		      (2)
xi ∈ {0, 1}, i ∈ V, xi ∈ {0, 1}, i ∈ V.   	                   (3)
Do not use abbreviations when referring to equations. Refer to Equation (1) or Equations (2) and (3), not Eq. (1) or Eqs. (2) and (3).

Appendix A
If there are any appendices provided, they should be marked using the Latin alphabet. They should be placed before the Acknowledgement section. 

Acknowledgement 
If the research received funding by some institution, it can be indicated in this section. 

References 
	The elements of the references should be organized according to the alphabetical order. The citations within the text should be numbered in square brackets [1] and correspond to the alphabetically arranged entries in references. Multiple references should be placed within the same brackets [2-3]. 
To compile an entry, please do the following: after the authors‘ names, indicate the title of the paper, then the title of the journal, the year of publication, volume and issue, and pages. If possible, also add the DOI address.
For example:
Fliess, M., Lévine, J., Martin, P., Rouchon, P. Flatness and Defect of Nonlinear Systems: Introductory Theory and Examples. International Journal of Control, 1995, 61(6), 1327-1361.
An example of References:

1.	Antić, D., Jovanović, Z., Danković, N., Spasić, M., Stankov, S. Probability Estimation of Certain Properties of the Imperfect Systems. Proceedings of IEEE 7th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics, (SACI 2012), Timisoara, Romania, May 24-26, 2012, 213-216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SACI.2012.6250004
2.	Brodić, D. Advantages of the Extended Water Flow Algorithm for Handwritten Text Segmentation. In: Kuznetsov, S. O. et al. (Eds.), Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6744, Springer, Belin-Heidelberg, 2011, 418-423.
3.	Preparata, F. P., Shamos, M. I. Computational Geometry: An Introduction. Springer, Berlin, 1995.
4.	Tsai, J. L. Efficient Multi-Server Authentication Scheme Based on One-Way Hash Function Without Verification Table. Computers and Security, 2008, 27(3), 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2008.04.001
5.	Vidojković, B., Jovanović, Z., Milojković, M. The Probability Stability Estimation of the System Based on the Quality of the Components. Facta Universitatis, Series: Electronics and Energetics, 2006, 19(3), 385-391. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/FUEE0603385V
6.	Yokota, H., Chowdhury, K., Koodli, R., Patil, B., Xia, F. Fast Handovers for PMIPv6. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5949. Accessed on June 16, 2015.