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Multi-Agent Systems Research PhD Workshop 2009 -- PhD Proposal

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In this assignment each of the participants will work on improving the individual PhD research proposal, which will be presented in the second session (2-day session). In the improved research proposal one has to focus on and argument:

motivation of the study
central problem definition (questions, objectives)
conceptual model
research method(s)
validity and reliability measuring instruments
researchability (can you finish this research within 4 years?)
generalizability of the results
expected impact on theory and practice

Size: max 15 pages
Criteria:

level of detail
use of workshop literature and content;
executable in 4 years

Email before December 3, 2009, to Wolf Ketter and Eric van Heck.

Links to Useful (PhD Student) Resources

Topic	Author	File or link
How to present a research paper? Since I agree with most of Matthew Jackson's suggestions I am requesting you to please follow these guidelines.	Matthew O. Jackson	How to present a research paper?
Problem of the Problem	Ron Weber (MISQ Editor in Chief)	MISQ March 2003 Editorial - The Problem of the Problem
Choosing research problems -- in response to Ron Weber's MISQ March 2003 Editorial	Alok Gupta	http://alok.csom.umn.edu/research_problems.htm
Presenting results	David Levine	Presenting Results
Misc.	David Levine	David Levine's Cheap Advice

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