The formal survey should be a paper that summarizes and organizes recent research results in a novel way that integrates and adds understanding to work in the field. A survey article assumes a general knowledge of the area; it emphasizes the classification of the existing literature, developing a perspective on the area, and evaluating trends.”
Structure of your literature survey for each topic
o Title (e.g. Survey of ) plus your name, student number etc.
o Abstract (brief description of the entire article)
o Introduction (summaries of the article including, for example, the importance and significance of the survey topic area)
o (Body of article)
o Conclusion (summaries the article and describe possible directions for future research)
o References (formal references)
o Your survey must address the followings:
o Brief background of the topic
o Good organization and review of important existing approaches, emerging methods, or trends in the topic
o Comparison, advantages/disadvantages of different important methods, critical evaluation, develop perspective on the topic
o Briefly Identifying the unsolved problems and future research issues.
o Use references from academically reliable sources only, e.g. peer-reviewed articles