[原创]2005年MCM参赛帮助及须知（中英文对照）

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MCM: The Mathematical Contest in Modeling

ICM: The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling

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本文根据金山快译和以前挚友猫猫去年的译文花了一个晚上的时间翻译了2005年MCM参赛须知，目前大家都开始准备2005年的MCM，希望此文能给大家一点帮助，译文难免有些和本意相矛盾的地方，不足之处请大家指正。本文版权归矩阵工作室所有，如需转载请注明出处！

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2004年11月28日

MCM is a contest where teams of undergraduates use mathematical modeling to present their solutions to real world problems. MCM 是大学生利用数学模型来解决现实生活问题的竞赛。 MCM will take place February 3--7, 2005 . Advisors can register teams online now. Note that we have made a number of changes in the contest policy and registration process since last year; all advisors should read the registration instructions and contest rules thoroughly. 本届MCM将与2005 年2月3—7日举行。参赛者现在可以在线注册。要特别注意的事：今年的注竞赛规则和注册与上届相比已经做了若干的调整。所有的参赛者应该仔细得阅读“注册帮助”和“竞赛规则”。

ICM, the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, is a part of MCM. Advisors wishing to register a team for ICM should register for MCM via this web site, and should choose "problem C" when selecting the problem for their team to solve.

ICM，交叉学科竞赛,是一个MCM 的部份。愿意参加ICM比赛的选手在队伍注册时必须在本站的MCM的注册页面上，并且在比赛时应该选择“问题 C”。

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MCM: The Mathematical Contest in Modeling ICM: The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling MCM：数学建模竞赛 ICM：交叉学科竞赛

Contest Registration and Instructions

竞赛注册和指导

(All instructions and rules apply to ICM as well as to MCM, except where otherwise noted.)

（所有的说明和规则除特别说明以外都同时适用于ICM和MCM）

To participate in MCM a team must be sponsored by a faculty advisor from their institution. The registration process must be completed by the advisor.

每个参赛团队需有一名所在学校的指导老师负责。整个注册报名过程需由该指导老师完成。

There are several procedures that a team's advisor must go through at various times before, during, and after the contest. Please read these instructions carefully and be sure to complete all the steps involved. It is the advisor's responsibility to make sure that teams are correctly registered and that all steps required for participation in MCM/ICM are completed.

每位指导老师需在赛前、赛中和赛后都需办理一系列的手续。请认真阅读这些说明，并且确定完成了所有相关涉及的步骤。确保每个参赛团队正确注册并完成MCM/ ICM注册步骤是每个指导老师的应尽的责任。

We Suggest printing a copy of these contest instructions for reference before, during, and after the contest.

我们建议在比赛前先复印好《竞赛注册和指导 》，以便在竞赛时和结束后作为参考准则。

Note that COMAP is in the USA Eastern time zone; all times given in these instructions are in terms of Eastern time.

注意：COMAP 位于美国东部时区，本指导中所提及的所有时间都与之一致。

Before the contest registration deadline at 2pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 :

竞赛注册的截止时间为：美国东部时区，2005年2月3日（星期四）2 pm ：

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Register your team online: 在线注册

The registration process will take you through a series of screens that ask you for your email address and contact information. Enter the required information as you step through the screens.

登记注册的过程中将会有一系列的网页要求注册人提供其email地址以及联系方式。每一步的注册，必须输入完所有要求填写的内容。

IMPORTANT: Be sure to use a valid current email address so that we can use it to contact you at any point before, during, or after the contest, if necessary.

特别注意：必须输入一个可用的正确的E-mail地址！以便竞赛主委会与各参赛队在赛前、赛中和赛后保持联系。

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1. All teams must be registered before 2pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 . At that time the registration system will stop accepting new team registrations; any team not registered by that time will not be able to participate in MCM 2005 . No exceptions will be made.

1、所有的参赛队必须在美国东部时区2005年2月3号（星期四）下午2点前完成注册。届时，注册系统将会自动关闭，不再接受新的报名。任何未在规定时间内注册的参赛队都会被取消2005年MCM的参赛资格。没有例外。

2. To guard against the possibility of interruptions in internet service we recommend that all teams complete the registration process well in advance of the deadline of 2pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 . COMAP cannot accept late registrations for MCM/ICM under any circumstances, even if you are unable to reach our web site on the day of the contest. No exceptions will be made.

2、为避免到时网络因故中断的发生，COMAP 建议所有的参赛队在美国东部时区2005年2月5号（星期四）下午2点以前完成报名注册程序。届时系统不会受理任何情况下的推迟注册，即使参赛者因故不能够在竞赛当天访问我们的网站。没有例外。

3. Registration is via the contest web site. To register a team, go to http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm. If you are registering your first team for this year's contest, click on Register for 2005 Contest on the left-hand side of the screen.

3、报名必须通过网络在线注册。报名者可以访问以下网页：http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm

如果是您是注册2005年度竞赛的第一个参赛队，请点击网页左边的Register for 2005 Contest 。

If you have already registered a team for this year's contest and want to register an additional team, click on Advisor Login and then login with the email address and password that you used when you registered your first team. Once you're logged in, click on the Register Another Team link near the upper right corner of the page and follow the instructions there.

如果您在2005年度的竞赛已经注册过一个参赛队而想为另外一个团队注册，请点击 Advisor Login，打开页面后请使用您已经注册第一支参赛队时使用的E-mail地址和密码进行登入。登入之后请点击网页上面右角的 Register Another Team 链接，按照我们的指导进行下一步。

An advisor may register at most two teams. If you already have two teams registered then the Register Another Team link will not appear and you cannot register another team.

一个指导老师最多只能注册两个参赛团队。如果你已经注册了两个参赛团队，Register Another Team 链接将不再出现，同时你将不能再注册其他参赛团队。

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4. There can be no more than two teams from the same department participating in MCM, regardless of whether they have the same or different advisors.

4、同一个部门至多只能有2支参赛团队参加MCM，不论他们的指导老师是否相同。

5. There can be at most four teams from the same institution participating in MCM, regardless of whether they are from the same or different departments.

5、同一机构最多只能有4支参赛队注册参加MCM，不论它们来自相同或是不同的部门。

For ICM there can be at most three teams from the same institution.

对于 ICM，每个机构最多能有3支团队参赛。

6. Registration Fee ：注册费用

One of the final steps in the registration process is payment of the $ 45 registration fee per team. We accept payment via Mastercard or Visa, and payment must be made via our secure web site. We regret that we are not able to accept other forms of payment.

最后的注册步骤之一就是每个注册参赛团队必须交纳 $ 45 的注册费。我们通过via Mastercard 或 Visa 收取注册费。而注册费收取的相关步骤必须通过我们安全的网页进行。非常遗憾我们不能接受其他形式的支付。

The pages that process your credit card payment on our site are secure pages, which means that your credit card number is protected with encryption while being transmitted from your computer to our server. Our system does not store your credit card number; we only use it long enough to process your payment.

处理你信用卡支付注册费的网页是安全的。这就意味着你的卡号在你的计算机与我们的服务器之间的传输受到加密技术的保护。我们系统在处理完支付交易后不会储存你的卡号：我们使用它唯一的目的是为了能够保证你能够付清注册费

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7. Once we have received approval from your financial institution (this takes only a few seconds), the system will issue a control number for your team. Your team is not fully registered until you have received a team control number. You should print out the page that gives your team control number; it also contains a reminder of the email address and password that you used when registering, and you will need these to complete the contest procedures.

7、一旦我们收到了你信用卡机构的批准（在这往往只需要数秒钟），我们系统将为你的参赛团队自动生成一组 control number 。参赛团队在没有收到参赛队 control number 以前是都是没有完成参赛注册的。您必须将给出参赛团队的 control number 的网页打印出来。该网页同时也包含了你注册时所提供的 E-mail 和密码，你在完成注册和整个比赛的进程中将会用到它们。

8、You will not receive any email confirmation of your registration; the only confirmation you will receive will be the screen giving your team's control number.

8．您不会收到任何 E-mail 形式的注册确认信。您唯一能收到的注册确认就是显示您参赛队的control number 的网页。

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9、The screen giving your team's control number is your confirmation that your team has been registered. In order to participate in the contest, however, you will need to return to the contest web site several times to enter and confirm information about your team, and to print out your team's control and summary sheets that you will use when preparing your team's solution packet. Please read the instructions below for details on these steps.

9、给出参赛团队 control number 的网页是证实你的队已经被注册。在收到确认以后，您需要常返回大赛的网页，登陆和确认所有与你的队伍相关的资料，打印出你队伍在准备赛题解决方案的信息包时可能会用到的control and summary sheets.（意思不明了，直接搬用SHUMO）请仔细阅读以下这些步骤的详细说明。

If at any point before or during the contest you need to change any of the information (name, address, contact information, etc) that you specified when you registered, you can do so by logging in to the contest web site with the email address and password that you used when registering (click on the Advisor Login link on the left side of the screen). Once logged in, click on the Edit Advisor or Institution Data link near the upper right corner of the page.

如果需要在赛前或是赛中改变任何你在注册时所填写的参赛信息（姓名、地址、联系资料等）时，你可以点击页面左边的 Advisor Login 链接并使用你的 E-mail 和密码登入大赛的网页。登陆以后点击页面右上角的 Edit Advisor or Institution Data 链接进行修改。

10、Return to the contest web site regularly to check for any updated instructions or announcements about the contest. Except in extreme circumstances, COMAP will not send any confirmation, reminders, or announcements by email. All communication regarding the contest will be via the contest web site.

10、您必须经常性地访问竞赛页面查看更新的说明或与竞赛有关的通知。除非在极端的情况下，COMAP是不会通过 E-mai l 发出任何确认、提醒或是通知。所有与竞赛相关的消息将通过竞赛的网页发布。

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Before the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 :

Choose your team members:

1. You must choose your team members before the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 . Once the contest begins you may not add or change any team members (you may, however, remove a team member, if he or she decides not to participate).

2. Each team may consist of a maximum of three students.

3. No student may be on more than one team.

4. Team members must be enrolled in school at the time of the contest, but do not have to be full-time. They must be enrolled at the same school as the advisor and other team members.

在美国东部时区2005年2月3日（星期四）晚上8点大赛开始以前：

请确定参赛队成员：

1．你必须在在美国东部时区2005年2月3日（星期四）晚上8点大赛开始以前选择好你参赛团队的选手。一旦比赛开始，你将不能增加或是改变任何一个参赛队选手（如果参赛选手本人决定不参加比赛，您可以取消他/她的参赛资格）。

2．任何的参赛团队最多都只能由3名学生组成。

3．一个学生最多只能参加一个参赛团队。

4．参赛队成员必须是比赛时的在校学生，但可以不是全职学生。参赛队成员以及指导老师必须是来自同一所学校。

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When the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 :

Teams view the contest problems via the contest web site:

1. The contest problems will become available precisely at 8pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 ; team members can view them by visiting http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm. No password will be needed to view the problems; simply go to the contest web site at or after 8pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 and you will see a link to view the problems.

2. If for some reason you cannot access our main web site at that time, go to our mirror site at http://www.mirror.comap.com/mcm or click here . The contest site and the mirror site are on two completely different networks in different parts of the USA. If you cannot access either one of them then it probably means that there is a problem with your local internet connection and you should contact your ISP to resolve the issue.

3. The contest consists of a choice of three problems: A, B, and C. Important:
   • MCM teams should choose either problem A or problem B; an MCM team may submit a solution to only one of the problems. MCM teams should not choose problem C.
   • ICM teams should choose problem C. There is no choice for ICM teams. ICM teams should not choose problem A or B.

在美国东部时区2005年2月3日（星期四）晚上8点大赛开始时：

参赛队通过浏览大赛网页得到赛题：

1、 赛题会于美国东部时区2005年2月3日（星期四）晚上8点公布：所有的参赛队员可以通过访问http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm.得到赛题。无须任何密码。

2、如果美国东部时区2005年2月3日（星期四）晚上8点不能及时的访问我们主页，那么请你访问镜像网页 http://www.mirror.comap.com/mcm 或 点击 here 。竞赛的网页和镜像网页处于美国不同地方的两个网络中，如果两个网页都不能访问，那应该说你的internet链接有问题，请与您的Internet服务提供商联系。

3、大赛提供了三个赛题：A, B or C. 请注意：

MCM的参赛团队必须选择赛题 A 或 B；一个MCM的参赛团队只能提交两者之一的解决方案。MCM参赛团队不得做赛题C。

ICM的参赛团队必须选择赛题C。ICM参赛团队除了赛题C别无选择，不能选择赛题A或者B。

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Teams prepare solutions:

参赛队准备解决方案：

1、Teams may use any inanimate source of data or materials --- computers, software, references, web sites, books, etc., however all sources used must be credited. Failure to credit a source will result in a team being disqualified from the competition.

参赛团队可以利用任何数据和材料——计算机，软件，参考书目，网页，书籍等，但是所有引用的资料必须指明出处，如有任何参赛团队未注明引用的内容的出处，将被取消竞赛资格。

2.Team members may not seek help from or discuss the problem with their advisor or anyone else, except other members of the same team. Input of any form from anyone other than student team members is strictly forbidden. This includes email, telephone contact, personal conversation, communication via web chat or other question-answer systems, or any other form of communication.

参赛团队选手将不允许向指导老师或者是其他人寻求帮助或讨论问题，除了本团队选手以外。任何形式的与除本团队选手以外的人联系都是严格禁止的。这包括通过E-mail、电话联系、私人交谈、通过网络聊天联络或是其他的问答形式或其他任何形式的交流等。

3、Partial solutions are acceptable. There is no passing or failing cut-off score, nor will numerical scores be assigned. The MCM/ICM judges are primarily interested in the team's approach and methods.

部分解决方案是可接受的。大赛不存在及格或是不及格的分数分界点，也不会有一个数字形式的分数。MCM /I CM 的评判主要是依据参赛队的解决方法和步骤。

4、Summary Sheet 摘要格式

The summary is a very important part of your MCM paper. The judges place considerable weight on the summary, and winning papers are sometimes distinguished from other papers based on the quality of the summary. To write a good summary, imagine that a reader may choose whether to read the body of the paper based on your summary. Thus, a summary should clearly describe your approach to the problem and, most prominently, what your most important conclusions were. The summary should inspire a reader to learn the details of your work. Your concise presentation of the summary should inspire a reader to learn the details of your work. Summaries that are mere restatements of the contest problem, or are a cut-and-paste boilerplate from the Introduction are generally considered to be weak.

摘要在 MCM 论文中是非常重要的。在评卷过程中，摘要占据了相当大的比重，以至于有的时候获奖论文之所以能在众多论文中脱颖而出是因为其高质量的摘要。读者是基于摘要来判断是否要阅读论文的主题部分，如此一来，一篇好的摘要就必须清楚的描述了解决问题的方法和显著的表达论文中最重要的结论。在摘要中的简明的陈述需激发出读者阅读论文详细内容的兴趣。那些简单重复比赛题目和复制粘贴引言中的样板文件的摘要一般将被认为是没有竞争力的。（这节翻译经典，故不做修改，感谢“猫猫”）

To Summarize:概述 Restatement Clarification of the Problem - state in your own words what you are going to do.

再次重申赛题的说明—论文必须是由选手本人完成

Assumptions with Rationale/Justification - emphasize those assumptions that bear on the problem. List clearly all variables used in your model.

对于基本原理以及证明的假设—着重标记与赛题相关的所有假设，清晰的列出所有在模型中应用的变量。 4

Model Design and justification for type model used/developed.

模型的架构与证明需参照典型的已使用过的发展完备的模型。

Model Testing and Sensitivity Analysis, including error analysis, etc.

模型的测试与灵敏度分析，包括错误分析等。

Discuss strengths and weakness to your model or approach.

关于模型及建模方法的优缺点讨论

Provide algorithms in words, figures, or flow charts (as a step by step algorithmic approach) for all computer codes developed.

以文字，图像或者是流程图 (如一步的算法模式)的方法提供计算方法。

5、Conciseness and organization are extremely important. Key statements should present major ideas and results.

论文的组织与简明扼要是极为重要的。关键部分必须指明主要的构想及结果。

Present a clarification or restatement of the problem, as appropriate.

需适当的简化或重申问题。

Present a clear exposition of all variables, assumptions, and hypotheses.

需清晰的列出所有的变量、假设以及假说。

Present an analysis of the problem, motivating or justifying the modeling to be used.

需包括问题的说明及将应用的模型的证明。

Include a design of the model.

需包括模型的设计方案。

Discuss how the model could be tested, including error analysis and stability (conditioning, sensitivity, etc.).

讨论模型的测试情况，包括错误分析与统计（条件，灵敏度等）。

Discuss any apparent strengths or weaknesses to your model or approach.

讨论模型及建模方法的优缺点。

6、Papers must be typed and in English. 所有的论文需用英文写作并以打字稿的形式送交。

7、The solution must consist entirely of written text, and possibly figures, charts, or other written material, on paper only. No non-paper support materials such as computer files or disks will be accepted.

整个赛题解决方案必须由文字主体部分、必要的图形、图表或其他类型的材料组成且只能由论文形式递交。不是论文形式的材料如计算机文件或磁盘等将不被接受。

8、Each page of the solution should contain the team control number and the page number at the top of the page; we suggest using a page header on each page, for example:

    Team # 321                        Page 6 of 13

所递交的解决方案的每一页上沿需有control number以及页码数。我们建议使用页眉编辑，

9、The names of the students, advisor, or institution should not appear on any page of the solution. The solution should not contain any identifying information other than the team control number.

参赛队的选手名单、指导老师名单以及学校名不能出现在解决方案的任何一页上。整个赛题解决方案不能含有除了control number 以外的任何身份识别信息

10、Any preparation rule not followed is grounds for team disqualification.

任何不遵守以上规则的参赛队将被取消参赛资格。