Sample Outline for the Final Project Report or Thesis

• Introduction

  • State goal and problem

• Previous Work

  • Describe previous approaches to the problem

• Approach

  • Explain rationale behind your approach

• Methodology

  • Give detailed account of what you did

• Results

  • Present results of experiments testing hypothesis

• Discussion

  • Tell the reader what you learned about the problem, about your approach, what other approaches might be promising, etc.

• Conclusion

  • Present final conclusions

• Bibliography

  • Acknowledgement of sources

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