dissertation_main.tex

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%% Before you embark on this quest you should probably read some of:
%% Deadly sins - http://mirrors.ctan.org/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf
%% Writing a thesis in LaTeX - http://tug.org/pracjourn/2008-1/mori/mori.pdf

\RequirePackage[l2tabu, orthodox]{nag} % tells you of any bad LaTeX usage
                                       % must be first thing in class (with the exception of comments)
\RequirePackage{placeins}		       % To use \FloatBarrier

%% There is one option you should define; oneside or twoside.
%% By default all electronic submissions should be `oneside`
%% Use twoside for printing (e.g. the supervisor's customary copy)
%% Note that margins will change accordingly and automatically
\documentclass[oneside]{um}  % custom University of Malta project/dissertation/thesis 

%% \counterwithout{footnote}{chapter} % use this to have continuous numbering for your footnotes (that do not reset per chapter)

%% **************** (Your) Packages (Start) ******************

% \listfiles % uncomment this to know which packages you are using
              % the list of packages will be in the bottom of the .log file

%% Note that packges may already be loaded from the um (and memoir) classes.
%% Do not add your packages to the template, but rather add them here.

\usepackage{blindtext} %% for some dummy text, remove in your writeup
\usepackage{coffee4}    %% for some fun

%% ***************** (Your) Packages (End) *******************


%% **************** (Your) Data (Start) ******************

\title{Machine Learning\\Approaches to the\\Blockchain}  % use \\ here otherwise you get a justified title
                                     % note capitalization of the title (only common 
                                     % words in lower case)
\tagline{some hyped-up tagline}      % tag line
\author{Jean-Paul Ebejer}            % your full name
\authorID{123456M}                   % your University Identifier
\supervisor{Prof.\ Dumbledore}           % your supervisor(s) name
\cosupervisor{Dr Who}                % your cosupervisor(s) name - no . in Dr *OPTIONAL* 
                                     % simply comment out the above line if absent
\department{Department of Alchemy}   % your department (e.g. Artificial Intelligence)
\faculty{Faculty of Something}       % your faculty (e.g. ICT)
\degreeName{M.Sc.\ in Your Degree}       % the degree you are reading
                                     % note the \ after the dot, so not to consider it a fullstop
\doctype{dissertation}               % the type of document (fyp, dissertation, thesis)
\degreeDate{\monthyeardate\today}    % when did you submit (officially after your corrections)
%%\subjectcode{ICS5200}                % the study unit-code (currently not used)

%% ***************** (Your) Data (End) *******************

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\renewcommand{\chapterheadstart}{\vspace*{\beforechapskip}}
\setlength\beforechapskip{0mm}


%% ******** (Your) Document Settings (Start) *************

% You should have an images directory in every chapX subdir
% NOTE:  Trailing / for subdirs is required.
\graphicspath{{./images/}{./chap1/images/}{./chap2/images/}}   % Paths where to look for images, if defined "images" must always be there as it holds the images in-use by the template.

\makeindex

\addbibresource{chap1/introduction_biblio.bib}
\addbibresource{chap2/background_and_lit_overview_biblio.bib}
\addbibresource{chap3/materials_and_methods_biblio.bib}


%% ********* (Your) Document Settings (End) **************

% DOCTOR'S (JP) ORDERS: MAKE SURE TO READ MY TWO BLOG ENTRIES WITH
% CONTENT AND LaTeX TIPS FOR YOUR WRITE-UP.  THESE ARE BASED ON  
% EXAMINER'S FEEDBACK
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% URLS:
% https://bitsilla.com/blog/2019/03/content-tips-for-your-dissertation-or-project-write-up/
% https://bitsilla.com/blog/2019/01/latex-tips-for-your-dissertation-or-project-write-up/

% end the preamble and start the document

\begin{document}
\frontmatter 
    \maketitle
    \input{frontmatter/copyright}       
    %% The originality statement is *NOT* part of the dissertation but submitted separately.
    \input{frontmatter/dedication}        % include a dedication.tex file
    \input{frontmatter/acknowledgements}   % include an acknowledgements.tex file
    \input{frontmatter/abstract}\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
    \tableofcontents*\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
    \listoffigures*\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
    \listoftables*\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
    \input{frontmatter/abbreviations}\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi

%% Note: always use \input as you cannot nest \includes (amongst other things)
\pagestyle{umpage}
\floatpagestyle{umpage}
\mainmatter 

%%	\part{Your First Part} %% PhDs may require this parts idea as well.
    \input{chap1/introduction_main} 
    \input{chap2/background_and_lit_overview_main}
    \input{chap3/materials_and_methods_main}
    \input{chap4/results_and_discussion_main}
%%	\part{Your Second Part}
    \input{chap5/evaluation_main}
    \input{chap6/conclusions_main}
    \appendix
        \input{appA/appendix_a_main}     % these are just test names as I didn't know what you'd want
        \input{appB/appendix_b_main}    
        \input{appC/appendix_c_main} 

\pagestyle{umpageback}
{\backmatter
    % Bibliography
    \if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
    % Use something like https://flamingtempura.github.io/bibtex-tidy/ to clean all your bibtex entries
    \printbibliography[title=References]
	\printindex
}

\end{document}

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