EXCEL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

(Autonomous)
NAMAKKAL-637 303
FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF MINI PROJECT REPORT
FOR
B.E. / B.TECH.

1. ARRANGEMENT OFCONTENTS:

The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be as
follows:

1. Cover Page & TitlePage

2. BonafideCertificate
3. Abstract (1 Page: 3 paragraph)
 1 st paragraph: Introduction and about
 2 nd paragraph: Existing solution(s) and their drawbacks
 3rd paragraph: Proposed solution and advantages
4. Table ofContents
5. List ofTables
6. List ofFigures
7. List of Symbols, Abbreviations andNomenclature
8. Chapters (1 – 5)
9. Appendices (If any) – Program Code
10. References
11. Publications if any

The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDINGSPECIFICATIONS:

The dimension of the project report should be in A4 size. The project report should be
bound using flexible cover of the thick white art paper. The cover should be printed in
black letters and the text for printing should be identical.

3. PREPARATIONFORMAT:

3.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of theproject
report are given in Appendix1.

3.2 Bonafide Certificate – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font
StyleTimesNewRomanandFont Size14,aspertheformatinAppendix2.

The certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature and shall be followed by the supervisor’s
name, academic designation (not any other responsibilities of administrative nature),
 department and full address of the institution where the supervisor has guided the student.
The term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be typed in capital letters between the supervisor’s name
and academic designation.

3.3 Abstract – Abstract should be one page synopsis of the project report typed 1.5 line spacing,
Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size12.

3.4 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any
material which precedes it. The title page and Bonafide Certificate will not find a place
among the items listed in the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower
caseRomanletters.One linespacing shouldbeadoptedfortypingthematterunderthis
head.AspecimencopyoftheTableofContentsoftheprojectreportisgiveninAppendix3.

3.5 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the
tables in the text. One linespacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.

3.6 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the
figures in the text. Oneline spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.

3.7 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One line spacing should be adopted
or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should be used
and linked in alphabetical order.

3.8 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 5 parts as below:

i. Introduction
ii. Problem Formulation
iii. Proposed Solution / Methodology
iv. Results
v. Conclusion

The main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further divided
into several divisions and sub-divisions.

 Each chapter should be given an appropriatetitle.

 Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the immediate vicinity of the
reference where they arecited.

3.9 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is

includedinthemaintextmayserveasadistractionandcloudthecentraltheme.

 Appendices should be numbered using Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix

2,etc.
 Appendices, Tables and References appearing in appendices should be numberedand
referred to at appropriate places just as inthe case of chapters.

 Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made
in the contents pagealso.
 3.10 List of References –The listing of references should be typedin alphabetical order in single
spacing left – justified. The reference material should be listed in the alphabetical order of
the first author. The name of the author/authors should be immediately followed by the year
and otherdetails.

A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation example quoted above.

Example:

REFERENCES

1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel – X

Asx’, Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1,pp.421-425.

2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of Convolution Operators to

ProblemsinUnivalentFunctionTheory’,MichiganMach,J.,Vol.27,pp.81–94.

3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time Control of
Mechanical Manipulations and its Applications’, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego,
CA, pp.1231-1236.

3.10.1 Table and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of the
report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body of the
project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams may be
designated as figures.

4. TYPINGINSTRUCTIONS:

Theimpressiononthetyped copiesshouldbeblackincolour.

One linespacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text shall be typed in
the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size12.

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A MINI PROJECTREPORT
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EXCEL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

KOMARAPALAYAM-637 303

ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025

JUNE 2021
SOME PERFORMANCE ASPECTS CONSIDERATIONS OF
A CLASS OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK

A MINI PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

SARANYA. A

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

in

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

EXCEL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

KOMARAPALAYAM-637 303

ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI 600 025

JUNE 2021
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BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
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Certified that this mini project report “……….TITLE OF THE

PROJECT……………..” is the bonafide work of “…………..NAME OF THE
CANDIDATE.…………” who carried out the project work under my supervision.
Certified further that to the best of my knowledge the work reported herein does not
form part of any other thesis or dissertation on the basis of which a degree or award
was conferred on an earlier occasion on this or any other candidate.

<<Signature of the Supervisor>> <<Signature of theHead oftheDepartment >>

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

<<Name>> <<Name>>
SUPERVISOR HEAD OFTHEDEPARTMENT

<<Academic Designation>>

<<Department>> <<Department>>

<<Full address of theDept & College>> <<Full address of the Dept & College>>

Submitted for Semester Mini-Project viva-voce examination held on _________

INTERNAL EXAMINER.(14) EXTERNAL EXAMINER.(14)

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Behind every achievement lies an unfathomable sea of gratitude to those

who actuated it, without them it would never have into existence. To them, I lay
word of gratitude imprinted within myself.
I wish my heartfelt thanks to my respected Founder and Chairman of Excel
Group Institutions Prof. Dr.A.K.NATESAN, M.Com., M.B.A., M.Phil., PhD.,
FTA and Vice Chairman Dr.N.MATHAN KARTHICK M.B.B.S., M.H.Sc
(Dialectology) for allowing me to have the extensive use of the college facilities to
do my project effectively.
I express my sincere gratitude and heartfelt thanks to the respected Principal
Dr.K.BOMMANNARAJA Ph.D., for his encouragement and support to complete
the project.
I would like to express my profound interest and sincere gratitude to the
Professor and Head of the Computer Science And Engineering Department and my
guide Prof. Dr.T.RAVICHANDRAN M.E., Ph.D., for his encouragement and
support to complete the project.

I am privileged to express our deep sense of gratitude to our guide Project

Coordinator S.SASIKALA M.E., Department of Computer Science And
Engineering, who gave guidance and support throughout my work and made this
as a successful project.

We would like our sincere gratitude and heartfelt thanks to our supervisor
Prof. Dr.T.RAVICHANDRAN M.E., Ph.D., Department of Computer Science
And Engineering for his continues help over the period and creative ideas for
this phase of my project work

Finally, I thank the Almighty, all my Staff Members, Parents, Friends and
well- Wishers for the moral support throughout the project.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTERNO. TITLE PAGENO.

ABSTRACT iii
LISTOFTABLE xvi
LISTOFFIGURES xviii
LISTOFSYMBOLS xxvii

ABSTRACT .........................................................................................................................................ii

TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................................................iii

LIST OF FIGURES.............................................................................................................................v

1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ...........................................................................2

1.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................2

1.1.1 Course Schedules Overview...............................................................................3

1.1.2 The Scheduling Process ......................................................................................4

1.2 Background Research ..............................................................................................6

1.2.1 Linear Programming/Optimization Approach .................................................7

1.2.2 Decision Support System Approach ................................................................. 8

1.2.3 Constraint Satisfaction Problem Solution ......................................................14

2. THE COURSE SCHEDULER APPLICATION ................................................................ 17

2.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................17

2.2 System Layout.........................................................................................................18

2.3 Creating a Semester Schedule....................................................................... 20

2.3.1 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 21