Master thesis template and example for HVL and UiB joint master degree in Software Engineering
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% Master's Thesis Title Page
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% Thanks to Magnus Marthinsen, this thesis and template is made available for Master studentes at HVL Joint SE program (01.03.2021)
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% See the references.bib file. Most Bibtex bibliographies in Computer Science can be found from dblp.org
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% Glossary/wordlist
\makeglossaries
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\begin{document}
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%Title page
\input{title_page.tex}
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\section*{Abstract}
\acrlong{MDSE} is a ...
\section*{Acknowledgements}
First and foremost, I would like to thank ...
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\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables
\printglossary[nonumberlist]
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype, nonumberlist]
\chapter{Introduction}
\acrfull{SE} is an engineering discipline that focuses on the development of high-quality software systems \cite{TsuiFrankF2011Eose}. ...
\section{Context and Approach}
\section{Problem Description}
\section{Methodology}
\section{Contribution}
\section{Outline}
\chapter{Background} \label{Background}
In this chapter, we will present some of the knowledge that our research is built upon. This theory is important to know in order understand the following chapters.
...
$<$ \textit{The following sections and subsections are just examples of how to structure the background} $>$
\section{Model Driven Software Engineering}
\subsection{Modeling languages}\label{ModelingLanguages}
\section{Machine Learning} \label{Machine Learning}
\subsection{Supervised Learning}
\subsection{Unsupervised Learning}
\subsection{Reinforcement Learning}
\subsubsection{Q-learning} \label{Q-learning}
\chapter{Design and Implementation} \label{Design and Implementation}
In this chapter the implementation of the algorithm will be explained. ...
\section{Demonstration} \label{demonstration}
\section{Development method}
\section{Code structure} \label{CodeStructure}
\chapter{Use cases} \label{Use Cases}
\chapter{Analysis and Assessment}\label{Analysis and Assessment}
\chapter{Discussion} \label{Discussion}
\chapter{Related Work} \label{Related Work}
\chapter{Conclusion} \label{Conclusion}
\chapter{Further Work} \label{Further Work}
\appendix
\input{appendix/Code}
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