Kluwer Academic Publishers

Springer Science & Business Media AUTHOR/EDITOR PROPOSAL FORM

Melissa Fearon, Senior Editor, Springer 233 Spring Street 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013 USA [email protected]

1. What is the proposed book’s title?

2. Will the book be an authored book, or an edited volume? Who are the book’s authors/editors? Please provide contact information for each author as well as brief vitas.

DESCRIPTION OF YOUR BOOK 3. What is the subject of your book? Please describe, in 15 to 20 lines, the contents, aims, and importance of your book. (What is the book about? What is your purpose in writing it? Which new results, methods, or information are of particular interest?)

4. List 3-5 unique features for your book that will make it distinctive. What benefits can readers expect to derive from using your book?

5. List 4-6 key words that best describe the subject matter of the book

6. Please see Springer’s codes at the end of this questionnaire. List 3-5 subject areas and codes in order of importance that are most appropriate for your book.

7. Please supply an outline or table of contents, and sample chapters, if available.

8. Do you have someone in mind (usually a prominent researcher) to write the Foreword?

9. Is your book based on a conference, symposium or workshop? Please explain.

10. Do you intend the book to be a primary textbook? A supplementary textbook? A guide to practice for professionals? A monograph? A reference work? If the book is planned as a textbook, for what specific courses will it be used? In which department would the subject matter be taught? What would be the title of the course? Course prerequisites?

SPECIFICS ABOUT YOUR MANUSCRIPT 11. What software will you be using to prepare the manuscript? Can you provide a camera--ready manuscript if we provide you with templates?

12. When do you plan to complete the final work on your manuscript?

13. How many pages do you estimate the book will be? (This is the total number of pages, including TOC, preface, references and index, based upon 415 words per page, size 11 font)

14. Do you plan to include tables, line drawings, figures, or photographs? Can you estimate how many there will be of each?

15. Will there be any additional content such as appendices, glossaries, DVD/CD-Rom?

16. If you are planning to use some previously published material in the book, have you given thought to requesting permissions and possible reprint permissions costs?

PROMOTING YOUR BOOK 17. Whom do you see as a primary audience for the book? Are there any other potential readers? What meetings are potential readers likely to attend?

18. With what published books are you competing? Please list authors, titles, publishers, and if possible, prices. How will your book differ from these?

REVIEWING YOUR BOOK 19. Please provide us with the names and e-mail addresses of 3-4 people whom you feel would be qualified to review and comment on your proposal.

OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BOOK 20. Are grant funds, other subsidies, or institutional sponsorship available toward defraying costs of publication, or distribution?

21. Is there a possibility of quantity orders from an association or agency?

Thank you!!

Please see Subject Areas and Codes for question #6 on the next page….. SUBJECT AREAS AND CODES

COMPUTER SCIENCE SCI24067–Management of Computing & Information Systems SCI1200X–Computer Hardware SCI24075–The Computing Profession SCI12018–Control Structures & Microprogramming SCI24083–Personal Computing SCI12026–Arithmetic & Logic Structures SCI25004–Media Design SCI12034–Memory Structures SCI26000–Electronic Commerce/e-business SCI12042–Input/Output & Data Communications SCI12050–Logic Design ENGINEERING SCI12069–Register-Transfer-Level Implementation SCT11006–Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering SCI12077–Performance & Reliability SCT11014–Numerical & Computational Methods in Engineering SCI13006–Computer Systems Organization & SCT11022–Systems & Information Theory in Engineering Communication Networks SCT12002–Physics & Applied Physics in Engineering SCI13014–Processor Architectures SCT15001–Theoretical & Applied Mechanics SCI13022–Computer Communication Networks SCT17004–Mechanical Engineering SCI13030–Special Purpose & Application-Based Systems SCT17020–Engineering Design SCI13049–System Performance & Evaluation SCT17039–Machinery & Machine Elements SCI13057–Computer System Implementation SCT17047–Automotive & Aerospace Engineering, Traffic SCI14002–Software Engineering/Programming & SCT17050–Space Exploration & Astronautics Operating Systems SCT22008–Industrial & Production Engineering SCI14010–Programming Techniques SCT22016–Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing SCI14029–Software Engineering SCT22024–Manufacturing, Machines, Tools SCI14037–Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters SCT22032–Quality Control, Reliability, Safety & Risk SCI14045–Operating Systems SCT22059–Automation & Robotics SCI14050–Systems and Data Security SCT23004–Civil Engineering SCI15009–Data Structures, Cryptology & Information SCT24000–Electronic & Computer Engineering Theory SCT24019–Microwaves, RF & Optical Engineering SCI15017–Data Structures SCT24027–Electronics & Microelectronics, Instrumentation SCI15025–Data Storage Representation SCT24035–Communications Engineering, Networks SCI15033–Data Encryption SCT24043–Control Engineering SCI15041–Coding & Information Theory SCT24051–Signal, Image & Speech Processing SCI1505X–Files SCT24068–Circuits & Systems SCI16005–Theory of Computation SCT25007–Power Engineering SCI16013–Computation by Abstract Devices SCT25015–Electrical Power Generation & Transmission SCI16021–Algorithm Analysis & Problem Complexity SCT2700X–Biomedical Engineering SCI1603X–Logics & Meanings of Programs SCI16048–Mathematical Logic & Formal Languages MATHEMATICS SCI17001–Mathematics of Computing SCM11000–Algebra SCI1701X–Numeric Computing SCM11019–Algebraic Geometry SCI17028–Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science SCM11027–Associative Rings & Algebras SCI17036–Probability & Statistics in Computer Science SCM11035–Category Theory, Homological Algebra SCI17044–Math Applications in Computer Science SCM11043–Commutative Rings & Algebras SCI17052–Symbolic & Algebraic Manipulation SCM11051–Field Theory & Polynomials SCI18008–Information Systems & Communication SCM1106X–General Algebraic Systems Service SCM11078–Group Theory & Generalizations SCI18016–Models & Principles SCM11086–K-Theory SCI18024–Database Management SCM11094–Linear & Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory SCI18030–Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery SCM11116–Non-associative Rings & Algebras SCI18032–Information Storage & Retrieval SCM11124–Order, Lattices, Ordered Algebraic Structures SCI18040–Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet) SCM11132–Topological Groups, Lie Groups SCI18059–Multimedia Information Systems SCM12007–Analysis SCI18067–User Interfaces & Human Computer Interaction SCM12015–Abstract Harmonic Analysis SCI21009–Computing Methodologies SCM12023–Approximations & Expansions SCI21017–Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) SCM12031–Difference & Functional Equations SCI21025–Simulation & Modeling SCM1204X–Dynamical Systems & Ergodic Theory SCI21033–Document Preparation & Text Processing SCM12058–Fourier Analysis SCI21041–Language Translation & Linguistics SCM12066–Functional Analysis SCI22005–Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition SCM12074–Functions of a Complex Variable and Graphics SCM12082–Global Analysis & Analysis on Manifolds SCI22013–Computer Graphics SCM12090–Integral Equations SCI22021–Image Processing and Computer Vision SCM12112–Integral Transforms, Operational Calculus SCI2203X–Pattern Recognition SCM12120–Measure & Integration SCI22040–Biometrics SCM12139–Operator Theory SCI23001–Computer Applications SCM12147–Ordinary Differential Equations SCI2301X–Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing SCM12155–Partial Differential Equations SCI23028–Computer Appl. in Social & Behavioral Sciences SCM12163–Potential Theory SCI23036–Computer Appl. in Arts & Humanities SCM12171–Real Functions SCI23044–Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) & SCM1218X–Sequences, Series, Summability Design SCM12198–Several Complex Variables & Analytic Spaces SCI23050–Computational Biology/Bioinformatics SCM1221X–Special Functions SCI24008–Computing Milieux SCI24016–The Computer Industry Mathematics continued…. SCI24024–History of Computing SCI24032–Computers & Education SCI24040–Computers & Society SCI24059–Legal Aspects of Computing Mathematics continued…. SCM13003–Applications of Mathematics SCM13011–Game Theory, Economics, Social & Behav. Sciences SCM1302X–Genetics & Population Dynamics SCM13038–Information & Communication, Circuits

SCM13046–Mathematical Biology in General SCM13054–Physiological, Cellular & Medical Topics SCM13062–Quantitative Finance SCM13070–Systems Theory, Control SCM1400X–Computational Mathematics & Numerical Analysis SCM14018–Algorithms SCM14026–Computational Science & Engineering SCM14034–Visualization SCM14042–Mathematical Software SCM14050–Numerical Analysis SCM14068–Mathematical Modeling & Industrial Mathematics SCM17009–Combinatorics SCM21006–Geometry SCM21014–Convex & Discrete Geometry SCM21022–Differential Geometry SCM23009–History of Mathematics SCM24005–Mathematical Logic & Foundations SCM25001–Number Theory SCM26008–Optimization SCM26016–Calculus of Variations & Optimal Control; Optimization SCM26024–Operations Research, Mathematical Programming SCM27004–Probability Theory & Stochastic Processes SCM28000–Topology SCM28019–Algebraic Topology SCM28027–Manifolds & Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology)

STATISTICS S11001–Statistical Theory and Methods S12008–Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs S13004–Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance S14000–Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences S15007–Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences S16003–Statistics for Social Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law

ECONOMICS/MANAGEMENT SCIENCE W12170 – R & D/Technology Policy W12248–Game Theory/Mathematical Methods W23008–Business/Management Science, general W23067–Operation Research/Decision Theory W23121-Technology Management W26007–Business Information Systems