2022小美赛赛题的移动云盘下载地址 ) ]- {3 ]5 |3 T' K2 R, chttps://caiyun.139.com/m/i?0F5CJAMhGgSJx , S6 r8 p! n/ l' D1 V ' Y0 q- \8 ?2 z* F8 f+ k8 e2022 4 P: P0 g! S4 q& f, NCertifificate Authority Cup International Mathematical Contest Modeling , v W8 E8 X+ O9 Mhttp://mcm.tzmcm.cn4 k) N; ^( x1 P8 |+ _/ ^
Problem A (MCM) 1 L/ R4 Q, T& t4 `0 U* c1 yHow Pterosaurs Fly6 t( b( ]$ u6 Q
Pterosaurs is an extinct clade of flflying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They" c% Q6 I$ u/ |9 r; `
existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of& T) u& H& u @9 Q, w" [" b) r7 E) W
the Cretaceous. Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved$ S1 Y. V, e7 t1 T& r) N9 Y
powered flflight. Their wings were formed by a membrane of skin, muscle, and* c! z& R( f3 f
other tissues stretching from the ankles to a dramatically lengthened fourth& x- A$ X5 x7 X4 K& | s" ~; r
fifinger[1]. . f; `! X+ Z5 o$ Q S0 |( dThere were two major types of pterosaurs. Basal pterosaurs were smaller$ {6 a( M5 Z! E! N
animals with fully toothed jaws and long tails usually. Their wide wing mem d7 b$ U) W6 U+ |, Abranes probably included and connected the hind legs. On the ground, they- s3 ~- R3 p4 `5 l! F/ `" V
would have had an awkward sprawling posture, but their joint anatomy and. c4 a. c) T4 x; S% M+ s4 V
strong claws would have made them effffective climbers, and they may have lived* Q+ q. R. Y" }! A' [+ B0 n; B
in trees. Basal pterosaurs were insectivores or predators of small vertebrates.$ N8 \" i1 [) b( l# T6 l; _
Later pterosaurs (pterodactyloids) evolved many sizes, shapes, and lifestyles.: N2 W* m' W3 w% n
Pterodactyloids had narrower wings with free hind limbs, highly reduced tails, + c; {, t; N0 cand long necks with large heads. On the ground, pterodactyloids walked well on + p: Y) H- ^2 x* c1 W2 p8 hall four limbs with an upright posture, standing plantigrade on the hind feet and4 P }2 g9 W/ _6 a
folding the wing fifinger upward to walk on the three-fifingered “hand”. The fossil$ X( F7 h) P: f4 X: p
trackways show at least some species were able to run and wade or swim[2]. 6 I/ U$ B5 O/ K4 O5 TPterosaurs sported coats of hair-like fifilaments known as pycnofifibers, which9 Q- B0 l1 p! u5 Z
covered their bodies and parts of their wings[3]. In life, pterosaurs would have 4 C& W2 k ]& j1 R5 B. W- ?had smooth or flfluffffy coats that did not resemble bird feathers. Earlier sug, k- S; g4 m$ F4 W; m2 t) p3 U/ V6 N
gestions were that pterosaurs were largely cold-blooded gliding animals, de + V: D! S% f0 j' p5 C1 B/ griving warmth from the environment like modern lizards, rather than burning 1 |( b$ a$ n4 C6 T" |calories. However, later studies have shown that they may be warm-blooded6 Q5 p- H) d' f1 {) p% `* \
(endothermic), active animals. The respiratory system had effiffifficient unidirec # Q# d4 F2 F5 b$ z4 }tional “flflow-through” breathing using air sacs, which hollowed out their bones : @9 e+ Q0 ~1 c! `8 r# e" Z7 ito an extreme extent. Pterosaurs spanned a wide range of adult sizes, from $ S8 H) R \4 z2 qthe very small anurognathids to the largest known flflying creatures, including8 M" t9 }3 F" R/ u1 Q' w8 `
Quetzalcoatlus and Hatzegopteryx[4][5], which reached wingspans of at least7 J! ?6 \" _- i
nine metres. The combination of endothermy, a good oxygen supply and strong6 P1 J( `9 Q. M/ l1 D1 [0 m
1muscles made pterosaurs powerful and capable flflyers. 2 i# h! P( A M! EThe mechanics of pterosaur flflight are not completely understood or modeled1 Z% u0 E3 J- C
at this time. Katsufumi Sato did calculations using modern birds and concluded 2 L7 e+ W: v+ J9 U2 g9 w5 D Zthat it was impossible for a pterosaur to stay aloft[6]. In the book Posture,7 R5 l5 ^ b3 A9 E" S
Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs it is theorized that they were able 3 s2 F- C k" s/ n7 X' {' Bto flfly due to the oxygen-rich, dense atmosphere of the Late Cretaceous period[7]. / q* `2 \5 D1 k) ^: JHowever, both Sato and the authors of Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology" T. k" [ q" q3 X3 I+ U3 t% {
of Pterosaurs based their research on the now-outdated theories of pterosaurs5 }1 L) n) _' W4 x7 L
being seabird-like, and the size limit does not apply to terrestrial pterosaurs, # x( @& G" B9 vsuch as azhdarchids and tapejarids. Furthermore, Darren Naish concluded that ! ]( S% F( m: ]5 r) _: B$ gatmospheric difffferences between the present and the Mesozoic were not needed' e) m7 V. H7 x( W2 C. b) o
for the giant size of pterosaurs[8].% Z# {6 e1 G+ _& Q1 O4 [
Another issue that has been diffiffifficult to understand is how they took offff. : `0 V) n3 l) l9 K( G* l$ v, QIf pterosaurs were cold-blooded animals, it was unclear how the larger ones 5 U7 Q- @: z3 R% \5 b5 R, Jof enormous size, with an ineffiffifficient cold-blooded metabolism, could manage7 {- H9 e4 T' |- ~: D9 A
a bird-like takeoffff strategy, using only the hind limbs to generate thrust for) f& t3 m/ o% m# P* \3 [1 c& m
getting airborne. Later research shows them instead as being warm-blooded 4 g( C9 W! p5 zand having powerful flflight muscles, and using the flflight muscles for walking as6 A* _& K$ l; s- H
quadrupeds[9]. Mark Witton of the University of Portsmouth and Mike Habib of' t7 `1 v2 A% D% {* G! |
Johns Hopkins University suggested that pterosaurs used a vaulting mechanism ' {% o6 o! m" \, Xto obtain flflight[10]. The tremendous power of their winged forelimbs would% \9 W7 _5 a& L8 y
enable them to take offff with ease[9]. Once aloft, pterosaurs could reach speeds: ]" h5 H/ q5 t( `1 o" S: C
of up to 120 km/h and travel thousands of kilometres[10]. 7 Z6 z/ w1 M/ M/ c4 ]Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model of the ; G: c$ |/ `; xflflight process of at least one large pterosaur based on fossil measurements and) c: T) Q/ k: I5 I* j; I
to answer the following questions.: L8 {- F! Z- f+ s
1. For your selected pterosaur species, estimate its average speed during nor # y5 U% a1 U5 V/ R1 h2 smal flflight. : F( S$ C7 p/ o: v; @" g2. For your selected pterosaur species, estimate its wing-flflap frequency during % _! G: y) q8 [' _normal flflight.1 _- J2 G# Z7 {9 E* v+ D
3. Study how large pterosaurs take offff; is it possible for them to take offff like , L* \/ T3 {; ?/ mbirds on flflat ground or on water? Explain the reasons quantitatively. ' H7 ^% \5 i& v5 i# m. OReferences * G) v& M/ d4 ]# D[1] Elgin RA, Hone DW, Frey E (2011). The Extent of the Pterosaur Flight+ ]' V& h6 R/ R$ ~" @8 m4 ^: i
Membrane. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (1): 99-111.8 ` h: p; i, O3 K
2[2] Mark Witton. Terrestrial Locomotion. . t) R. V( F5 c3 P) Fhttps://pterosaur.net/terrestrial locomotion.php. a! X# Q1 X, i! O
[3] Laura Geggel. It’s Offiffifficial: Those Flying Reptiles Called Pterosaurs5 M2 _: O9 s: ]- Z
Were Covered in Fluffffy Feathers. https://www.livescience.com/64324- 6 \% L3 x7 Y$ [+ K* npterosaurs-had-feathers.html( e& L, T' ]# G @
[4] Wang, X.; Kellner, A.W.A.; Zhou, Z.; Campos, D.A. (2008). Discovery of a " y4 F, u8 q3 x1 c5 f- e) v9 ]rare arboreal forest-dwelling flflying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea)+ \$ m/ P4 o9 W9 [; I$ a+ f' O# j
from China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (6):' Y2 n0 I' O& H$ k/ D- J& @
1983-87.- v/ I( j% Q2 s; d( g1 {& R# C |
[5] Buffffetaut E, Grigorescu D, Csiki Z. A new giant pterosaur with a robust2 W" M8 M, q9 U; }. o; n) I2 O# K
skull from the latest cretaceous of Romania. Naturwissenschaften. 89 (4): # j; [2 u6 R! z- m, X! ]+ _6 u0 T0 L180-84.+ X) p" R! g* w+ A9 L/ Q
[6] Devin Powell. Were pterosaurs too big to flfly? , u8 n; r i& a4 r4 Y, ahttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026763-800-were-pterosaurs; G( K- o, \1 c1 e @/ E3 k
too-big-to-flfly/& {7 K2 S5 z% S; H7 L- c) }. X' b, x9 A
[7] Templin, R. J.; Chatterjee, Sankar. Posture, locomotion, and paleoecology " K$ I6 t9 T' w* lof pterosaurs. Boulder, Colo: Geological Society of America. p. 60. 9 {7 G9 Y; @. |' Z/ l% _# G; L[8] Naish, Darren. Pterosaurs breathed in bird-like fashion and had inflflatable& o2 w+ H- f) U. \
air sacs in their wings. 8 [+ ^, e8 S$ p" G7 S% `( i, hhttps://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/02/18/pterosaur& Z7 y3 @# u6 W0 S0 k$ |9 g( S
breathing-air-sacs) g& N1 l6 r2 X' K* B9 W. V8 q
[9] Mark Witton. Why pterosaurs weren’t so scary after all.$ J1 g3 T1 Z& e9 T$ A9 r+ _
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/aug/11/pterosaurs-fossils 7 Y! F, n; Z; ^- v7 d1 bresearch-mark-witton , U+ t- K n0 Q6 M$ q" e[10] Jeffff Hecht. Did giant pterosaurs vault aloft like vampire bats?3 c" m2 L; }' q) ?( C# K+ T
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19724-did-giant-pterosaurs $ b* h2 S6 p' J2 Tvault-aloft-like-vampire-bats/ 4 W& h' p6 `* h) B/ a" B ' I/ g7 a+ }3 k2022' k0 m9 b) h1 j" N# Y; U" C
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Problem B (MCM) . U. w: z! g# VThe Genetic Process of Sequences : D- F/ ?" m, u2 Y8 i9 V3 `" ESequence homology is the biological homology between DNA, RNA, or protein/ t% z ]& f' E" R7 q8 }
sequences, defifined in terms of shared ancestry in the evolutionary history of. s z4 F" W O5 q
life[1]. Homology among DNA, RNA, or proteins is typically inferred from their % U$ u+ q; \; g. y9 Wnucleotide or amino acid sequence similarity. Signifificant similarity is strong; d% w* D* [* j( v$ h- z0 y+ {( U
evidence that two sequences are related by evolutionary changes from a common 3 `% ~9 F& {5 A# vancestral sequence[2]. / A3 c) p# \$ ~Consider the genetic process of a RNA sequence, in which mutations in nu ! `% }* a6 \" t# P) [( Z* @1 Hcleotide bases occur by chance. For simplicity, we assume the sequence mutation & T5 [+ w0 _ [. s: Oarise due to the presence of change (transition or transversion), insertion and ' s8 [+ t4 V9 `3 Qdeletion of a single base. So we can measure the distance of two sequences by3 @+ V, w* Y, w% T' T9 Z9 a. q
the amount of mutation points. Multiple base sequences that are close together $ S% q' c& z$ t* ]: ocan form a family, and they are considered homologous. 9 T8 L+ q t8 ]* `$ X( jYour team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model to com, i0 ~# x+ z2 T
plete the following problems.. R: d' ^3 a* W+ W
1. Please design an algorithm that quickly measures the distance between' x4 S( _1 f+ j7 P/ z) P- y
two suffiffifficiently long(> 103 bases) base sequences.3 X7 w$ X( N/ l
2. Please evaluate the complexity and accuracy of the algorithm reliably, and' |, @! j, Z4 D; n
design suitable examples to illustrate it.* `: S! g/ W' S0 Z! p6 }: h. O
3. If multiple base sequences in a family have evolved from a common an/ B2 j) z7 g3 m! u! j" _4 K
cestral sequence, design an effiffifficient algorithm to determine the ancestral $ Z( x5 g0 z6 _1 ?0 T+ U; [sequence, and map the genealogical tree. 9 Q5 C# y0 x% w b$ _; IReferences; U* h/ f% N0 B, m: n: W0 r: g( U
[1] Koonin EV. “Orthologs, paralogs, and evolutionary genomics”. Annual Re + ~7 H0 M0 {6 }+ }$ d7 i6 hview of Genetics. 39: 30938, 2005.* w# [- a8 E$ E
[2] Reeck GR, de Han C, Teller DC, Doolittle RF, Fitch WM, Dickerson RE,& p* B( a* y) b+ f5 t, o) S
et al. “Homology” in proteins and nucleic acids: a terminology muddle and0 h7 g% F3 P: c7 r; B& `
a way out of it. Cell. 50 (5): 667, 1987.4 D0 Y3 b% p. ?9 E/ U( h3 j3 {
3 O5 p$ z6 J$ f2 j- d6 x6 S% a2022 ! Y3 n/ @. {0 vCertifificate Authority Cup International Mathematical Contest Modeling ! R- d8 c' Y$ Q2 W: i. ~& b! M @http://mcm.tzmcm.cn 4 i6 q% d1 c: |" \Problem C (ICM)8 ~7 N+ d; {8 q+ ^& [& A
Classify Human Activities3 Y0 M$ _8 ]/ g- C3 [% G+ l& W
One important aspect of human behavior understanding is the recognition and3 t& H( D1 M- w" v1 r# C/ M
monitoring of daily activities. A wearable activity recognition system can im 3 S/ M7 d& I' f% [prove the quality of life in many critical areas, such as ambulatory monitor. D4 `' N6 Z& X( x$ T
ing, home-based rehabilitation, and fall detection. Inertial sensor based activ " ~4 b4 N7 l9 n1 Z9 ] h8 ^& Oity recognition systems are used in monitoring and observation of the elderly2 j$ K$ I: s# Z2 B
remotely by personal alarm systems[1], detection and classifification of falls[2],; `7 H5 u, Z' r
medical diagnosis and treatment[3], monitoring children remotely at home or in ' M4 _! ?+ b+ ~7 e: ~$ A! I( Fschool, rehabilitation and physical therapy , biomechanics research, ergonomics,! a q- f I% o _2 p! L
sports science, ballet and dance, animation, fifilm making, TV, live entertain ! Z9 G" k" {4 m6 O2 s) ^" e0 [ment, virtual reality, and computer games[4]. We try to use miniature inertial ; c' Q' H8 d. Asensors and magnetometers positioned on difffferent parts of the body to classify8 {! `# ` T" U7 |+ X4 ?9 m
human activities, the following data were obtained.- E2 I$ v5 R2 V
Each of the 19 activities is performed by eight subjects (4 female, 4 male,& U! G" a$ }+ t8 A. c+ w) x0 c j
between the ages 20 and 30) for 5 minutes. Total signal duration is 5 minutes8 f" X2 X1 G& W: X, u
for each activity of each subject. The subjects are asked to perform the activ2 r/ G- h8 F9 |; B. d. L
ities in their own style and were not restricted on how the activities should be, l, A) x) @( g+ t4 E3 K6 a/ A& {9 j
performed. For this reason, there are inter-subject variations in the speeds and - P$ r) `' Q$ ~ _amplitudes of some activities.2 E; o; _# U Q" _3 j" t5 S# O
Sensor units are calibrated to acquire data at 25 Hz sampling frequency. : f4 b8 O7 ]$ s) b0 A8 SThe 5-min signals are divided into 5-sec segments so that 480(= 60 × 8) signal n6 ~( z& z+ O8 @4 usegments are obtained for each activity. / z$ }9 n6 Z% Y8 E! x) `( s8 T1 @The 19 activities are:0 W$ C* k u0 ~3 x5 |. ~: N
1. Sitting (A1); 0 j- y1 s' {. H" I5 J2. Standing (A2); 2 s+ b' m3 m- p0 C5 I3. Lying on back (A3);" x& H! F5 z7 h5 b
4. Lying on right side (A4);5 u s- K0 M! Z, Q
5. Ascending stairs (A5); 5 R+ d I% t7 S; w8 J16. Descending stairs (A6); & v0 o5 V( @' Z4 n3 A. K7. Standing in an elevator still (A7); b* L3 f5 e* E8. Moving around in an elevator (A8);# p9 U# p" d4 v* I4 w/ Y- b2 \
9. Walking in a parking lot (A9);5 ~8 u3 ^$ a1 k! P) H+ @! i7 [
10. Walking on a treadmill with a speed of 4 km/h in flflat position and 15 deg & {, W( [3 _+ Y2 }7 c6 J# U+ [, ^inclined positions (A10); O2 C& r$ E7 l A7 p
11. Walking on a treadmill with a speed of 4 km/h in 15 deg inclined positions 9 K% {. y6 r& q7 O, U- l) A(A11);# {( q& c- w+ N7 R: f9 u4 |9 M
12. Running on a treadmill with a speed of 8 km/h (A12); ; A/ v4 R# _/ c; q' `( q: m+ E13. Exercising on a stepper (A13); 6 X3 y# Q2 t# e4 q x. C! o& h' c14. Exercising on a cross trainer (A14);" N8 ^% l d% f$ V
15. Cycling on an exercise bike in horizontal position (A15);1 \5 \4 H* E& S Z) m
16. Cycling on an exercise bike in vertical position (A16);2 h8 v6 O! u: P, ?2 Y- ?
17. Rowing (A17); 0 d1 j* ]- w n18. Jumping (A18);; e* M' l5 j! F+ o( N6 D R8 d
19. Playing basketball (A19). {7 z1 N7 h3 O0 s1 }
Your team are asked to develop a reasonable mathematical model to solve ) B* m5 S; ]( i. v H% b, {8 pthe following problems. ' H- @3 b$ @, ]8 H1 f$ i1. Please design a set of features and an effiffifficient algorithm in order to classify# ^7 {) G" L3 ]. g4 b1 [
the 19 types of human actions from the data of these body-worn sensors.& y9 y) P5 o3 E: l, L
2. Because of the high cost of the data, we need to make the model have! O/ k$ @( Y; {, d" z% d
a good generalization ability with a limited data set. We need to study6 r# \" J) e; r( {" ~5 e
and evaluate this problem specififically. Please design a feasible method to , z3 @& F1 V- U4 C3 n- [evaluate the generalization ability of your model.$ b2 }* K: k6 x. Q8 a
3. Please study and overcome the overfifitting problem so that your classififi-# o9 {/ |( g; w; @9 r
cation algorithm can be widely used on the problem of people’s action ' K' \; }' M5 _, wclassifification. & P0 n2 V/ J0 `+ HThe complete data can be downloaded through the following link:3 |; ~; f4 }6 u% m, E
https://caiyun.139.com/m/i?0F5CJUOrpy8oq) E0 q8 p/ q( H7 ?$ B! D
2Appendix: File structure ! Z# z- W1 f: U1 y! t3 _! v/ d& b• 19 activities (a)5 z2 q4 n6 y; k$ S
• 8 subjects (p)0 Z q, Q. M* H
• 60 segments (s) Q* `5 p- u/ n6 i1 ~
• 5 units on torso (T), right arm (RA), left arm (LA), right leg (RL), left : \7 T' _8 p- z% aleg (LL) 7 ?/ I. }9 l+ V6 g* O) ?6 o$ M• 9 sensors on each unit (x, y, z accelerometers, x, y, z gyroscopes, x, y, z 9 p5 L1 N( M/ P, Q/ mmagnetometers)% r3 @, S6 Y5 O! i
Folders a01, a02, ..., a19 contain data recorded from the 19 activities. 7 B6 k9 Z! }$ S$ d% OFor each activity, the subfolders p1, p2, ..., p8 contain data from each of the5 v; M% c0 f3 o
8 subjects.4 z) ]+ {1 V; s8 i; K. ?& k8 l
In each subfolder, there are 60 text fifiles s01, s02, ..., s60, one for each 1 r2 c$ x N6 f3 c& U: D% P0 osegment. " ~+ n/ [- |+ b4 p6 ?& cIn each text fifile, there are 5 units × 9 sensors = 45 columns and 5 sec × 258 l% w" {- K7 y0 \* A) O7 q
Hz = 125 rows. - d% t+ a1 O( S& a% IEach column contains the 125 samples of data acquired from one of the * G6 Z ]9 W. [1 D; G0 u% Lsensors of one of the units over a period of 5 sec.& H- @% U! R' Z1 A: T/ G( B
Each row contains data acquired from all of the 45 sensor axes at a particular 0 [" Q5 ?8 f- M! b! j( J. u! xsampling instant separated by commas.0 J, ~8 ^9 J4 X$ N
Columns 1-45 correspond to: # D* N/ s0 M1 ?* w• T_xacc, T_yacc, T_zacc, T_xgyro, ..., T_ymag, T_zmag,. q5 ]+ K! a& p v/ }. l
• RA_xacc, RA_yacc, RA_zacc, RA_xgyro, ..., RA_ymag, RA_zmag," l) D& c# e' H! Y6 N0 M e% B% [
• LA_xacc, LA_yacc, LA_zacc, LA_xgyro, ..., LA_ymag, LA_zmag, 1 u& y B6 A* p! c x• RL_xacc, RL_yacc, RL_zacc, RL_xgyro, ..., RL_ymag, RL_zmag,& D; u/ `1 P( N N% }6 o! M5 ?, [
• LL_xacc, LL_yacc, LL_zacc, LL_xgyro, ..., LL_ymag, LL_zmag.2 v, i E% S; {% m+ c3 e' e; g6 s
Therefore, 3 R1 y8 U0 p4 V2 X# o) [( {1 j• columns 1-9 correspond to the sensors in unit 1 (T), 0 c4 Q- d ^8 a+ I7 m; f* Q3 p6 H8 w• columns 10-18 correspond to the sensors in unit 2 (RA),6 t9 w3 m) M" f* C. o2 @ x8 {2 Y7 v6 b$ O
• columns 19-27 correspond to the sensors in unit 3 (LA),& L7 P5 i- \. B) l+ ]
• columns 28-36 correspond to the sensors in unit 4 (RL),4 x5 L# F" f2 b1 |- L
• columns 37-45 correspond to the sensors in unit 5 (LL). 5 ]- d( e2 O, G0 S3 l3References 7 I- H/ y/ O% Z2 {2 g. B6 B[1] Mathie M.J., Celler B.G., Lovell N.H., Coster A.C.F. Classifification of basic , T! F) x( {5 T4 x; m4 q* rdaily movements using a triaxial accelerometer. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput.) e& \% H. N4 M; }" I
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low-complexity fall detection algorithms for body attached accelerometers. 2 z( |1 r5 M& WGait Posture 28(2), 285-291, 20083 @7 `" j3 n+ K" Y+ t7 V5 A
[3] Wu W.H., Bui A.A.T., Batalin M.A., Liu D., Kaiser W.J. Incremental diag : q5 i' \1 X; ^) k' z4 f- m+ I" Snosis method for intelligent wearable sensor system. IEEE T. Inf. Technol. ) P/ ^+ r) p. N1 e6 f) XB. 11(5), 553-562, 2007 ! A7 K9 _2 [# x7 d7 w$ Z5 m5 o[4] Shiratori T., Hodgins J.K. Accelerometer-based user interfaces for the con# V. x+ u( q# t6 f) g( N
trol of a physically simulated character. ACM T. Graphic. 27(5), 2008 * h1 q, `! A! c: |7 ]5 d V3 ^; h4 v, G! q1 O; r
2022 . f/ v* C3 `: L' N w# B" zCertifificate Authority Cup International Mathematical Contest Modeling7 ?+ e0 ]3 g% J) _% w
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Problem D (ICM)' Z" F0 ~. Z! X
Whether Wildlife Trade Should Be Banned for a Long$ ]2 w# @" g6 u' s1 E
Time$ W, A& [8 T f- a& K" [" T
Wild-animal markets are the suspected origin of the current outbreak and the0 |% n- }; {0 W. w0 L9 r
2002 SARS outbreak, And eating wild meat is thought to have been a source + C# t- W' V1 w4 t; m$ L' Wof the Ebola virus in Africa. Chinas top law-making body has permanently$ m) a" r% H; p) G3 K+ }
tightened rules on trading wildlife in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak,3 g& q* ]3 q" M# B6 E K- C
which is thought to have originated in a wild-animal market in Wuhan. Some0 C8 d" b F) W
scientists speculate that the emergency measure will be lifted once the outbreak& A% A, ~, c; A
ends.- y* L: ~) |, ^
How the trade in wildlife products should be regulated in the long term?6 e1 t, R1 i( e& H( W
Some researchers want a total ban on wildlife trade, without exceptions, whereas . k; [5 _ h- B- Dothers say sustainable trade of some animals is possible and benefificial for peo @6 p' v. m, g5 @. kple who rely on it for their livelihoods. Banning wild meat consumption could2 b5 ]$ z. e7 n2 |' y3 c
cost the Chinese economy 50 billion yuan (US $ 7.1 billion) and put one mil * l0 ^3 c& x; klion people out of a job, according to estimates from the non-profifit Society of . g( g* z$ v1 s, W& Y6 DEntrepreneurs and Ecology in Beijing.' I0 L$ I6 c, Q9 _5 `
A team led by Shi Zheng-Li and Cui Jie of the Wuhan Institute of Virology8 q b/ M7 z7 h1 g
in China, chasing the origin of the deadly SARS virus, have fifinally found their 2 p/ u! P1 t5 N2 m3 N# |, wsmoking gun in 2017. In a remote cave in Yunnan province, virologists have 6 c. ` F ?& Ridentifified a single population of horseshoe bats that harbours virus strains with " B1 \7 K" d% I- Zall the genetic building blocks of the one that jumped to humans in 2002, killing 4 U- I, |- x: D& palmost 800 people around the world. The killer strain could easily have arisen & X5 p R2 K! L8 Hfrom such a bat population, the researchers report in PLoS Pathogens on 30 % I4 R/ H9 a( w n# k$ P$ r' xNovember, 2017. Another outstanding question is how a virus from bats in0 W( ~ g4 q4 J* R0 S9 E( P: N; B8 F
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Guangdong, without causing any suspected cases in Yunnan itself. Wildlife 8 a# S% M2 y! D/ b+ N0 A5 itrade is the answer. Although wild animals are cooked at high temperature5 J, C8 h( ~% t/ ]
when eating, some viruses are diffiffifficult to survive, humans may come into contact : S" h/ V+ D/ {" _3 jwith animal secretions in the wildlife market. They warn that the ingredients 0 Z5 O- Q3 _2 b; t, H0 Q! _/ S# _are in place for a similar disease to emerge again. 2 W% |" s3 O$ u/ q9 _Wildlife trade has many negative effffects, with the most important ones being: + a: a5 R$ Y1 A8 Q8 k/ K: ?) |7 e8 s( C1Figure 1: Masked palm civets sold in markets in China were linked to the SARS- |$ s( c& ~% \, E
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We use the CITES trade database as source for my data. This database * ^( E8 l& m- s2 Wcontains more than 20 million records of trade and is openly accessible. The # o( L& `9 g' s1 t+ ^- bappendix is the data on mammal trade from 1990 to 2021, and the complete 5 w0 F5 E$ m6 bdatabase can also be obtained through the following link: , d( j3 _6 K/ t' I7 f% lhttps://caiyun.139.com/m/i?0F5CKACoDDpEJ * |. @2 ? Z0 m! E4 }5 g! ~7 R* w5 pRequirements Your team are asked to build reasonable mathematical mod7 ^) s8 L8 b' i( m% w: D
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1. Which wildlife groups and species are traded the most (in terms of live 9 K3 i. S2 e" y0 e4 J/ p4 y4 janimals taken from the wild)? - R4 R* Y4 b4 H! _/ I2. What are the main purposes for trade of these animals? ! B- Q" Q) w$ p8 c; i' q+ e. y3. How has the trade changed over the past two decades (2003-2022)?+ O5 p" t& p3 C
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will have a great impact on the economy and society, and why? ' O& d) Q; ~/ M9 G! J+ f/ i: ^% g2 Z7 }6. Write a letter to the relevant departments of the US government to explain 1 l5 h: [/ N5 q+ s$ _your views and policy suggestions. 1 `2 c e- q2 n4 ^& Y! S9 A. v1 H6 g" z/ V2 N; g
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