docs: added the project proposal

.gitignore

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 # Project Proposal
-Project Proposal/*
-!Project Proposal/*.tex
-!Project Proposal/*.bib
+proposal/*
+!proposal/*.tex
+!proposal/*.bib
+!proposal/project-proposal.pdf
 
 
 ## Python

proposal/acronym.tex

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+\chapter*{List of Acronyms}
+
+\begin{acronym}
+\acro{iaas}[IaaS]{Infrastructure as a Service}
+% \acro{saas}[SaaS]{Software as a service}
+\acro{sres}[SRE]{Site Reliability Engineer}
+\acro{sli}[SLI]{Service Level Indicator}
+\acro{apm}[APM]{Application Performance Monitoring}
+\acro{mttr}[MTTR]{Mean Time To Recovery}
+\acro{gan}[GAN]{Generative adversarial networks}
+\acro{hhmm}[HHMM]{Hierarchical hidden Markov model}
+\acro{fsl}[FSL]{Few-shot Learning}
+\acro{sdlc}[SDLC]{Software Development Life Cycle}
+\acro{ooad}[OOAD]{Object-oriented analysis and design}
+% \acro{vm}[VM]{Virtual Machine}
+% \acro{cncf}[CNCF]{Cloud Native Computing Foundation}
+\acro{ebpf}[eBPF]{Extended Berkeley Packet Filter}
+\end{acronym}

proposal/cover-page.tex

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+% TITLE PAGE---------------------------------------------------
+\begin{titlepage}
+
+\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
+  \draw[line width = 1pt] ($(current page.north west) + (1cm,-1cm)$) rectangle ($(current page.south east) + (-1cm,1cm)$);
+\end{tikzpicture}
+
+\begin{center}
+
+% Upper part of the page
+% \text{\large Informatics Institute of Technology}\\[0.1cm]
+% \text{\large In Collaboration With}\\[0.5cm]
+% \text{\large University of Westminster, UK}\\[2.5cm]
+
+% Title
+\includegraphics[width=5.0cm]{assets/IIT-Logo.png}\\[0.7cm]
+{ \Huge Anomaly Detection \& Root Cause Analysis\\
+In Distributed Systems }\\[0.7cm]
+% \begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
+\text{\LARGE Project Proposal}\\[0.5cm]
+
+% Authors
+% \text{\large A dissertation by}\\[0.1cm]
+\text{\large Isala Piyarisi}\\[0.1cm]
+\text{\large w1742118 / 2018421}\\[3.2cm]
+
+% Supervisor
+\text{\large \textbf{Supervisor}: Guhanathan Poravi}\\[0.1cm]
+\text{\large \textbf{Date}: $3^{rd} $ November 2021}\\[0.1cm]
+\text{\large \textbf{Department}: Computer Science}\\[0.1cm]
+\text{\large \textbf{Keywords}: Cloud Computing, AIOps, Monitoring, Disaster Recovery}\\[5cm]
+
+
+\large{This project proposal is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the
+BSc(Hons) Computer Science degree at the \\
+University of Westminster.
+} \\[0.5cm]
+
+
+\end{center}
+
+\end{titlepage}

proposal/main.tex

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+\documentclass[12pt]{report}
+
+% Include all packages from file.
+\input{preamble}
+
+\renewcommand{\contentsname}{Table of Contents}
+\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.5}
+
+% HEADER AND FOOTER--------------------------
+\patchcmd{\chapter}{\thispagestyle{plain}}{\thispagestyle{fancy}}{}{}
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+\fancyhf{}
+\lhead{\fontsize{10}{12}\leavevmode\selectfont\color{gray}{Anomaly Detection \& Root Cause Analysis In Distributed Systems | Project Proposal}}
+\rfoot{\fontsize{10}{12}\leavevmode\selectfont\color{gray}{\thepage}}
+\lfoot{\fontsize{10}{12}\leavevmode\selectfont\color{gray}{Isala Piyarisi | 2018421}}
+\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
+% END HEADER AND FOOTER--------------------------
+
+
+% Document begins here
+\begin{document}
+
+\input{cover-page} 
+
+% Page Numbering---------------------------------------------
+\pagenumbering{Roman}
+
+% Table of Contents---------------------------------------------------
+\tableofcontents
+% List of Figures---------------------------------------------------
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
+\listoffigures
+% List of Tables---------------------------------------------------
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}
+{\let\clearpage\relax 
+\listoftables
+}
+\cleardoublepage
+\phantomsection
+% Include acronyms
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Acronyms}
+\input{acronym}
+
+\input{sections/introduction}
+\pagenumbering{arabic}
+\input{sections/background}
+\input{sections/problem}
+\input{sections/research/motivation}
+\input{sections/related-work}
+\input{sections/research/gap}
+\input{sections/research/contribution}
+\input{sections/research/challenge}
+\input{sections/research/question}
+\input{sections/research/aim}
+\input{sections/research/objective}
+\input{sections/project-scope}
+\input{sections/methodology/research}
+\input{sections/methodology/development}
+\input{sections/methodology/project-management}
+
+\cleardoublepage
+\phantomsection
+\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
+\pagenumbering{Roman}
+\setcounter{page}{5}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
+\bibliography{references.bib}
+
+% \begin{appendices}
+% \input{sections/appendix}
+% \end{appendices}
+
+\end{document}
+

proposal/preamble.tex

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+\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}
+
+\usepackage{setspace}  % LINE SPACING
+\usepackage{tikz}
+\usepackage{titlepic}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath}
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage[a4paper,left=24.5mm, right=24.5mm, top=24.5mm, bottom=24.5mm]{geometry} %Paper margins
+\usepackage{titlesec}
+\usepackage{enumitem} % Custom enumerations
+\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
+
+\usepackage{acronym}
+
+\usepackage{hyperref} % Links
+
+% Referencing
+\usepackage{natbib} % Harvard referencing
+% \usepackage[comma,colon]{natbib}
+\citestyle{aysep={,}}
+\bibliographystyle{agsm}
+
+% Tables
+\usepackage{longtable}
+\usepackage{multirow}
+\usepackage{xstring}
+\usepackage{geometry}
+\usepackage{array}
+
+
+% Fonts size
+\usepackage[font={small,it}]{caption}
+
+% Date
+\usepackage[useregional]{datetime2}
+
+\usetikzlibrary{calc}
+\newcommand\HRule{\rule{\textwidth}{1pt}}
+\newcommand{\hsp}{\hspace{10pt}}
+\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{20pt}{20pt} % CHAPTER SPACING
+\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]{\Huge\bfseries}{Chapter \thechapter\hsp:\hsp }{0pt}{\Huge\bfseries}
+\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\fontsize{20pt}{0pt}\bfseries}{}{2pt}{}
+\setlength{\parindent}{10ex}
+
+
+% Setting TOC and Section number depth
+\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
+% line spacing in TOC
+\setlength{\cftbeforechapskip}{3pt} 
+
+\onehalfspacing
+
+\usepackage{chngcntr}
+
+% \usepackage[nottoc,numbib]{tocbibind}
+\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}
+\counterwithout{table}{chapter}
+
+\usepackage[font={small,it}]{caption}
+\selectlanguage{UKenglish}
+
+\usepackage{floatrow}
+
+% Header and footer
+\usepackage{fancyhdr}
+\usepackage{etoolbox}
+
+\usepackage[titletoc]{appendix}
+\usepackage{changepage}
+
+
+% TITLE FORMATS
+% CHAPTER SPACING & FONT
+\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]{\fontsize{16pt}{0pt}\bfseries}{\thechapter}{1em}{} 
+% \titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{20pt}{10pt} 
+
+% SECTION FONT
+\titleformat{\section}[hang]{\fontsize{14pt}{0}\bfseries}{\thesection}{1em}{}
+% \titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{20pt}{10pt} 
+
+% SUBSECTION FONT AND SIZE
+\titleformat{\subsection}[hang]{\fontsize{12pt}{0}\bfseries}{\thesubsection}{1em}{}
+% \titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{15pt}{10pt} 
+
+\titleformat{\subsubsection}[hang]{\fontsize{12pt}{0}\itshape}{\thesubsubsection}{1em}{}
+% \titlespacing*{\subsubsection}{0pt}{15pt}{10pt}