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Research Methods - Tools Overview

Chia-Hui Huang

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology Taiwan, ROC.

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References

[1] Chun-Hung Chen, “Introduction to LaTeX,” available at http://netlab.csie.ntut.edu.tw/seminar/year2007/Presentation_IntroductionToLaTeX.zip [2] Chen-Nien Tsai, “Introduction to LaTeX and JabRef,” available at http://netlab.csie.ntut.edu.tw/seminar/year2009/CNT20091006.zip [3] Chia-Wei Tuan, “Tips on Developing a Network Simulator and Writing a Paper, available at http://netlab.csie.ntut.edu.tw/seminar/year2009/CWT20091020.ppt [4] Chun-Hung Chen, “General Research Method,” available at http://netlab.csie.ntut.edu.tw/seminar/year2008/CHC20081008.pptx [5] Chen-Nien Tsai, “Some Things You Might Need to Know - Tools and Skills Overview,” available at http://netlab.csie.ntut.edu.tw/seminar/year2010/CNT20100928.pptx [6] JabRef Website, http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ [7] OMNeT++ Website, http://www.omnetpp.org/ [8] MiKTeX Website, http://miktex.org/ 2/37

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Motivation

• Procedures of Research
• Find interesting topics
• Read related papers to the topics
• Choose your research topic(s)
• Propose your solution
• Prepare your paper

Tools are not necessary needed, but they might make your research live easier.

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Outline

• Manage Your Files (Papers)
• JabRef
• Write Your Simulation Program
• OMNeT++
• Shell script
• Result Recording and Analysis
• Write Your Thesis (or paper)
• LaTeX - MiKTeX 2.x
• LaTeX and graphics formats

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Manage Your Files (Papers)

• Print out and archive
• Folders vs. JabRef
• What is JabRef
• A bibliography reference manager
• Cross-plateform
• The native file format is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX

bibliography format.

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Why use JabRef?

• Why use JabRef
• To manage bibliography references
• Advanced BibTeX editor
• Search functions
• Classification of entries
• Type the bibliographic details once, and cite references in

any documents. (usually we dont need to type)

• Build-in and custom export formats.
• For those who write papers with MS Word.

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How to use JabRef?

• Create a database
• Add new BibTeX entry manually
• Select type
• Article, Conference, Proceedings, Book, Ketc
• Input
• Author, Title, Journal (Proceeding), Year, Pages
• Add from preformatted text
• ACM
• IEEE
• Add from search results
• IEEEXplore, ACM Portal, CiteSeer

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Get BibTex Information from ACM Digital Library

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Get BibTex Information from IEEE Xplore

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Get BibTex Information from Search Results

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Bibtexkey

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Exporting Reference Entries

Export selected entries Export

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Summary - JabRef

Add new entry manually Add new entry from preformatted text Add new entry from search results JabRef Create a database Search functions Classification of entries Cite references

Demo

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Write Your Simulation Program

• Simulation Frameworks
• Commerical
• OPNET
• QualNeT
• Freeware
• NS-2 (Network Simulator Version 2)
• OMNeT++

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OMNeT++ Installation (OMNeT++ 4.0)

• Windows XP (Installation-windows)
• Download the OMNeT++ source code from

http://www.omnetpp.org/omnetpp

• MinGW gcc compiler environment
• ./configure
• make
• Verifying the Installation
• ../samples/rundemo
• Linux (Ubuntu) (Installation-ubuntu)

sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc g++ bison flex perl tcl-dev tk-dev blt libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev openjdk-6-jre doxygen graphviz openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev libpcap-dev

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Components of OMNeT++ Simulation

• NED Language Topology Description (.ned)
• Edited by any text edit or OMNeT++ IDE (graphical,

v4.0)

• Describes network nodes (e.g. node and router) and

connections

• Simple Module Sources (.h/ .cc)
• Implements Algorithm/Protocol
• omnetpp.ini
• Setup Simulation

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Example - Tictoc

• Tictoc.ned
• simple module - nodes
• network
• Number of nodes
• Connections
• Txc1.cc/.h
• virtual void initialize();
• This method provides a place for initialization cose; e.g.

parameter initalization.

• virtual void handleMessage(cMessage *msg);
• It is invoked with the message as parameter whenever the

module receives a message.

• omnetpp.ini
• Sections
• network-specific parameters
• node-specific parameters

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OMNeT++ Tutorial

• http://www.omnetpp.org/webdemo/ide/

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Batch Execution Scripts

• OMNeT++ 3.x had no direct support for batch runs
• Shell script
• OMNeT++ 4.0 eliminates the need for writing batch

execution scripts

• Configuring the ini file

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Result Recording and Analysis

• Statistics in OMNeT++
• Example (Statisticsi-

nOMNeT++.mp4)

• Collecting results by
• urself
• Text file (.txt)
• Gnuplot (wgnuplot)

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Result Recording and Analysis (cont.)

• Examples
• Number of received packets (tictoc)
• batch.ini - 10 runs
• BatchExecution - (Tictoc1 - Tictoc 10)

Plot script Result

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Result Recording and Analysis (cont.)

• EPS

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 200 400 600 800 1000

Number of Received Packet Time (s)

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Summary - OMNeT++

Network (topology) Add behavior NED file C++ code (.h/.cc) Configuring simulations (omnetpp.ini)

Next step Next step control control

Nodes

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Write Your Thesis (or paper)

• Microsoft Word is good, but not that good.
• Cost
• Poor backward compatibility
• Lack of typesetting abilities.
• LaTeX
• High-level language that accesses the power of TeX.
• It uses the TeX as its typesetting engine.
• Keep the authors focus on the content instead of layout or

design.

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Benefits of LaTeX

• No Special Programs Required to Edit
• Notepad++, TeXworks, WinEdt
• Format checking is “almost” unnecessary
• Changing format is just a few words replacement
• Easy to manage bibliography
• Better Display
• Especially for Mathematical Expression

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• Similar to HTML

Source code Document

• latex texFileName
• yap texFileName
• dvipdfm textFileName

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Install LaTeX

• LaTeX can be installed in any platform.
• MS Windows, Unix-like, Mac OS, etc.
• LaTeX Programs
• Unix, Linux
• TeXLive
• Mac OS
• MacTex
• Windows
• MiKTeX
• proTeXt

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Minimal LaTeX File

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Bibliography

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking Computer Networks

• Issues
• Cite references in the paper
• Different papers use different reference styles
• BibTex, a companion program to LaTeX
• Type the bibliographic details once
• Cite references in any documents - Bibtexkey
• Formatted automatically to the reference style

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Basic Procedure

.tex .aux Text Editor .bib/.bst .dvi .bbl .pdf/.ps Reference style Generated by BibTeX Bibtex file

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JabRef & LaTeX

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Document Layout

• Document Classes (.cls)
• Specify the type of the document
• Built-in classes: article, report, book, etc.
• Different Organization: IEICE, Elsart, IEEE, etc.
• ieice.cls, elsarticle.cls, ieee.cls

Keep the authors focus on the content instead of layout

• r design.

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Typesetting Mathematics

• amsmath package
• Ordinary (inline) math mode
• Mathematical material to be typeset inline must be

surrounded by single dollar signs

• Display math mode
• Material that is surrounded by ”equation environment“
• Equation label

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LaTeX and graphics formats

• LaTeX command
• EPS
• pdflatex command
• JPEG, TIFF, PNG, or PDF
• wmf/emf (Microsoft Visio) to eps (WMF2EPS Graphics

Converter)

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Summary - LaTeX

• LaTeX is a good tool for writing papers
• Document Layout - .cls
• Bibliography - .bib
• Mathematical Typesetting

Keep the authors focus on the content instead of layout

• r design.

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Summary

Reference Management Software JabRef Write your simulation program OMNeT++ Write your paper LaTeX Find interesting topics Read related papers to the topics Choose your research topic(s) Propose your solution Prepare your paper 36/37

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Summary

Tools Download Paper Management JabRef jabref.sourceforge.net OMNeT++

• mnetpp.org

Simulation/Results Shell Script unix-like environment Gnuplot(wgnuplot) www.gnuplot.info Paper Writing MiKTeX miktex.org wmf2eps www.wmf2eps.de.vu

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