1. The document provides instructions for formatting a 2-column camera-ready paper for Elsevier, including guidelines for page layout, fonts, print quality, tables, figures, and equations.
2. Text should be produced within columns that are 7.5 cm wide separated by a 1 cm margin, with a maximum length of 19.5 cm for the first page and 21 cm for subsequent pages. Font should be 10 point Times Roman, Helvetica, Bookman Light or Palatino.
3. Tables and figures should have captions and be on the same page as first referenced or span both columns. Equations should be flush left with the text margin, between lines of white space.