Drafting `Conclusions` chapter

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I drafted a layout of my conclusions chapter, but I am not sure of what else to write. Looking at previous theses to grab some inspiration.

• McKay 2010
  • Summary and contributions (single section)
  • In bulletpoint form
  • Conclusions from experiments
  • Future research
  • One section per subject
  • Using the software
• Burgoyne 2011
  • Called "Summary and Future work"
  • Summary of thesis and contributions
  • Future work
  • Dataset documentation
  • Dataset information/access/etc.
• Devaney 2011
  • Summary of the dissertation
  • Summary of contributions
  • Future research
  • One section per subject
• Hankinson 2014
  • Summary of contributions
  • Chapter by chapter approach
  • Future work
  • One section per subject
  • Conclusion (one paragraph)
• Vigliensoni 2016
  • Summary of contributions
  • Dataset information
  • On user-centric features
  • On performance improvement and optimization
  • On music recommendation and the music industry
  • Future work
  • One section per subject
  • Ju 2021
  • Research questions and answers obtained
  • Four insights (future research)
  • Contributions
  • Publicly available resources
  • Limitations and future research

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Overall, what I see is the following:

• Summarize the thesis, preferably in prose form, from the perspective of everything that was discussed in the document
• Summarize the contributions. Here it can be either general contributions or chapter-by-chapter; however, I already have a section with chapter-by-chapter contributions, so I would also go for a prose form discussion
• Describe the software/data you presented and how to use it
• Discuss on future work you'd like to do, or you'd like to see in the field
  • Most PhDs spent more text here than anywhere else of the conclusions
  • One section per subject is a popular way of organizing this
• Closing conclusion (I liked that closing paragraph from Hankinson 2014)

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Fully drafted and submitted!