An abstract is a paragraph that summarizes the main points of the paper

1. Introduction

a. Why is problem abc important

b. Other methods that historically have been used to solve abc

2. The Algorithm - most of the paper is about this, not the problem

a. Derive algorithm XYZ

b. Main innovative idea

c. Formal statement of the Algorithm

d. Computational Complexity

e. Algorithm details

data structures

what can be done in parallel

3. Examples showing how Algorithm works

a. Tables and graphs

b. Comparisons with prior techniques

4. Bibliography