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%     LaTeX2e Template ( wsom.cls ) for
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%                   WORKSHOP
%                      ON
%              SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS
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%          Bielefeld University, Germany
%               Sep. 03 - 06 2003
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% Usage:
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% \title{...}
% \author{...}
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% \date{}
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% \begin{document}
% 
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% \maketitle
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% \begin{abstract}
% Your abstract here
% \end{abstract}
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% \section{...}
%  \subsection{...}
%   \subsubsection{...}
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% \section{...}
% .
% .
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% \begin{ack}
% Your acknowledgements here
% \end{ack}
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% 
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% \begin{thebibliography}
% \bibitem{...}
% \bibitem{...}
%    .
%    .
%    .
% \end{thebibliography}
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% \end{document}
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\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}

\LoadClass[10pt,a4paper,twocolumn]{article}

%******************************************************** 
% SET THE MARGINS  
%********************************************************

\setlength\voffset{-1in}
\setlength\hoffset{-1in}
\setlength\evensidemargin{2cm}  
\setlength\oddsidemargin{2cm}
\setlength\topmargin{3cm}
\setlength\textheight{237.0mm} 
\setlength\textwidth{170.0mm}
\setlength\columnsep{5.0mm}
\setlength\headheight{12pt}   
\setlength\headsep{30pt} 
\setlength\footskip{42pt}
\addtolength{\topmargin}{-\headheight}
\addtolength{\topmargin}{-\headsep}

% These three commands make up the entire times.sty package.
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}
\renewcommand{\ttdefault}{pcr}
% enable Times now - so that all class options can see the correct font families
\normalfont\selectfont

\pagestyle{empty}

%*************************************************
% DEFINE THE TITLE STYLE
%************************************************

\def\@maketitle{%
  \vskip 0mm
{\hsize\textwidth
 \linewidth\hsize \vfil \centering
 {\LARGE \bf \@title \par} 
 \vskip 5mm
 {\large \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\@author\end{tabular}\par}
 \vskip 5mm
 {\it \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\@date \end{tabular}\par}}}

%***************************************
%  DEFINED THE ABSTRACT
%***************************************

\def\abstract{ \mbox{\boldmath $Abstract$}{\bf--- }}

%******************************************************** 
%  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
%******************************************************** 

\newenvironment{ack}{{\bf\Large\flushleft Acknowledgements}\par}


%******************************************************** 
%  LISTS 
%********************************************************

\def\theenumi{\arabic{enumi}}
\def\labelenumi{(\theenumi)}

\def\@listI{%
  \leftmargin=\leftmargini
  \parsep=\z@
  \topsep=6pt plus 2pt minus 2pt
  \itemsep=0pt plus 2pt\relax}
\let \@listi=\@listI
\@listi

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