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MCM: The Mathematical Contest in
Modeling
ICM: The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling
Contest Registration and Instructions
(All instructions and rules apply to ICM as well as to MCM,
except where otherwise noted.)
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.
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.
We
Suggest printing a copy of these contest instructions for reference before,
during, and after the contest.
Note that COMAP is in the USA Eastern time zone; all times given in these
instructions are in terms of Eastern time.
- Before the contest registration deadline at 2pm EST on Thursday February
3, 2005 :
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- Register your team online:
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
For ICM there can be at most three teams from the same
institution.
- Registration Fee
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Before the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 :
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- Choose your team members:
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- 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).
- Each team may consist of a maximum of three students.
- No student may be on more than one team.
- 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.
- When the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 :
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- Teams view the contest problems via the contest web site:
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Teams prepare solutions:
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Summary Sheet
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.
To Summarize:
Restatement
Clarification of the Problem - state in your own words what you are
going to do.
Assumptions with Rationale/Justification
- emphasize those
assumptions that bear on the problem. List clearly all variables used in your
model.
Model Design and
justification for type model used/developed.
Model Testing and
Sensitivity Analysis, including error analysis, etc.
Discuss strengths
and weakness to your model or approach. Provide
algorithms
in words, figures, or flow charts (as a step by step algorithmic approach) for
all computer codes developed.
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- Conciseness and organization are extremely important. Key statements should
present major ideas and results.
Present a clarification or restatement of the problem, as appropriate.
Present a clear exposition of all variables, assumptions, and hypotheses.
Present an analysis of the problem, motivating or justifying the modeling to
be used.
Include a design of the model.
Discuss how the model could be tested, including error analysis and stability
(conditioning, sensitivity, etc.).
Discuss any apparent strengths or weaknesses to your model or approach.
- Papers must be typed and in English.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Any preparation rule not followed is grounds for team disqualification.
- After the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 3, 2005 :
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- Print Summary Sheet and Control Sheets
- While the teams are preparing their solutions, the advisor should
- Login to the contest web site (go to http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm.
and click on Advisor Login and enter your email address and password).
- Enter the team member names and confirm that they are correctly spelled.
This is exactly as the names and institutions will appear
on the certificates. COMAP will not make any changes or reprint certificates for
any reason.
- Specify the problem that your team has chosen to solve.
- Print one copy of the control sheet.
- Print one copy of the team summary sheet.
- When the contest ends at 8pm EST on Monday February 7, 2005 :
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- Prepare Solution Packet:
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- Have each student sign the control sheet, pledging that they have abided by
the contest rules and instructions.
- Take the completed summary sheet that your team has prepared and make three
copies of it.
- Make three copies of your team's solution paper. Staple one copy of the
summary sheet on top of each copy of the solution paper.
- Staple the control sheet on top of just one copy of the solution paper.
- Mail Solution Packet:
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- After you have prepared your team's solution packet as above, mail it to
MCM/ICM Coordinator
COMAP, Inc.
57 Bedford St., Suite
210
Lexington, MA 02420
USA
- COMAP must receive your solution on or before Wednesday February 16, 2005 .
It is your responsibility to make sure that your team's solution packet arrives
at COMAP by this deadline.
- Use registered or express mail if necessary to insure that your solution
arrives at COMAP by Wednesday February 16, 2005 .
- COMAP will not accept late solutions under any circumstances.
- If you require confirmation that your paper was received by COMAP, send the
packet via a carrier that provides package tracking. Due to the number of papers
received, COMAP can not answer receipt inquiries or
emails.
- After the contest is over:
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- Confirm that your team's solution was received at COMAP:
- A few days after mailing your solution packet, you may login to the contest
web site using the Advisor Login link to verify that your team's solution
was received at COMAP. Please allow several days for us to process your packet
before expecting to see this confirmation.
- Judging
- Judging will be completed by March 31, 2005. The solutions will be
recognized as Successful Participant,Honorable Mention, Meritorious, or
Outstanding Winner.
- Check Results
- Return to the contest web site periodically to check for the results of the
contest. It will take several weeks for the judges to evaluate the solutions and
for COMAP to process the results. We will post the results on the web site as
soon as they are available. Please do not call or email COMAP asking when the
results will be available; simply visit the contest web site regularly to check
for them.
- Receive certificate
- At some point after the results have been issued, each team that
participated successfully will receive a certificate of participation in the
mail. The certificate will be mailed to the advisor at the address used during
the registration process. Please allow several weeks after the results are
posted to the contest web site before expecting to receive your certificate.
Prizes
- The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
will designate an Outstanding team from each of the three problems as an INFORMS
winner
- The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) will designate one
Outstanding team from each problem as a SIAM winner.
- The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) will designate one Outstanding
team from each problem for the MCM as a MAA winner.
Note: COMAP is the final arbiter of all
rules and policies, and may disqualify or refuse to register any team that, in
its sole discretion, does not follow these contest regulations and procedures.
译文：
MCM: 数学建模竞赛
ICM: 跨学科建模竞赛
竞赛登记和指导
( 除特别注明外，所有的指导和规则都适用于 ICM 和 MCM)
每个MCM的参赛队必须有一个来自他们所在院系的指导老师，登记过程必须由指导老师完成。
参赛队的指导老师必须在比赛的各个阶段（赛前，赛中，赛后）仔细检查以下几道程序。请仔细阅读本指导并确定正确地完成了所有的相关步骤。为参赛队正确的登记注册并完成其他参赛所必要的手续是指导老师的责任。
我们建议您打印一份本指导作为比赛时的参考。
注意： COMAP在美国东部时区; 本指导中的所有时间都以东部时间为准。
竞赛登记截止期限为 2005 年2月 3 日下午2 ：00 （东部时间）
在线登记你的参赛队:
登记程序会通过一系列页面询问你的电子邮件地址和联络方式，在这些页面中输入要求的信息。
注意:为了便于我们在需要的时候与您联系，请您使用一个正确有效的电子邮件地址。
1 所有参赛队必须在东部时间2005 年2月 3 日下午2 ：00前登记。 届时登记系统将会停止接受新的队登记; 任何没在规定时间前登记的队都将无法参加2005年的MCM，没有例外。
2为防止网络可能产生的故障，我们建议您在最后期限之前登记。
3通过大赛的网站登记，请点击http:// www.comap.com/undergraduate/contest/mcm 。
如果你是为你的第一个参赛队登记，请点击屏幕左侧的Register for 2005
Contest。
如果你已经登记了一个队还想要为另外的队登记的话，点击左侧的Advisor Login
用你为第一个队登记时用的电子邮件地址和密码注册。登录后点击页面右上角的链接Register Another Team 并跟随那里的指导。
一个指导老师最多带两个队，如果你已经为两个队登记了，那么你将不再会看到链接Register Another Team，你也就不能为其他的队登记了。
4．不管指导老师是否相同，来自同一院系的参赛队最多只能有两个。
5．一所学校最多只能有四只参赛队，不管他们来自相同的还是不同的院系。
对于 ICM 最多能有来自相同的机构三个队
6．登记费用
登记程序的最后步骤之一是为每队 $45的登记费用付款。 我们经由万事达卡（Mastercard）或维萨卡(Visa)接受付款，而且付款必须在我们确定安全的网站完成。我们为无法接受其他形式的付款而感到抱歉。
我们网站处理您信用卡的页面是安全的，您的卡号和密码会得到保护，我们的系统不会记录您的信用卡卡号和密码。
7．一旦我们得到你的金融机构的许可（只要数秒），系统会为你的参赛队发去一个控制数字（control number），直到你接到这个控制数字才算完成了登记。你应该把这个页面打印出来；在这个页面中还包括你登记时用到的电子邮件地址和密码，你会需要这些来完成竞赛的程序。
8．你将不会得到确认邮件，你所得到的唯一的确认信息就是你所接受到的控制数字。
9．给你发去控制数字的页面是你的队已被登记的证实。然而，为了确保能参加大赛，你需要多次回到大赛的网站以确认关于你的队的信息。打印出有关你队的控制（数字）和概要的表单，这会在你准备你的解决包（意思好像是每个队做的最后论文）时用到。请阅读下面有关这些步骤的细节。
如果你想在赛前或比赛期间更改你登记时添写的信息（姓名，地址，联络信息等），你可以用你在登记时用到的电子邮件地址和密码登录大赛的网站（点击页面左侧的Advisor Login）
登录后，点击页面右上角的 Edit Advisor or Institution Data
10．经常访问大赛的网站，查看有关大赛的最新消息，除特殊情况，COMAP不会给你发送有关这些消息的电子邮件，所有有关大赛的联络沟通都将通过大赛的网站进行。
在竞赛于2005 年2月 3 日下午8 ：00开始前：
选择你队的成员:
1．在竞赛于2005 年2月 3 日下午8 ：00开始前确定你的参赛队的成员，大赛一旦开始你将不能添加和更换队员（当然如果有队员不想参加比赛了，你可以除去一名队员）
2．每队最多只能有三名学生。
3．一名学生不能同时参加多个队。
4．参赛队员在大赛期间必须是在学校注册的学生，但不一定要是全日制的，他们必须像指导老师和其他队员一样在校注册。
当竞赛从2005 年2月 3 日下午8 ：00开始的时候 :
各参赛队通过大赛网站得到竞赛题目：
1．竞赛问题将会准确的在2005 年2月 3 日下午8 ：00发布。
参赛队员可以访问
http:// www.comap.com/undergraduate/contest/mcm 得到题目（需要密码）。
2．如果到时你不能进入我们的主站点，请访问我们的镜像站点：
http:// www.mirror.comap.com/mcm 主站和镜像站点在美国两个不同的网络上。如果你连接不到任何一个站点，那么可能是你的本地网络连接有问题，请联系你的ISP解决。
竞赛有三个题目可供选择：A B C
注意：
MCM的参赛队应在A或B中选择一个，不能选C题。
ICM的参赛队应选择C，不能选择A或B。
问题解决:
1．参赛队员可以使用任何无生命的数据或资料——计算机，软件，参考书，网络等等，但所有的参考资料都必须被注明。如果没有注明资料的来源或注明不正确，那么该队将会被取消参赛资格。
2．除了本队成员，参赛队员不能向指导老师或其他任何人寻求帮助或讨论问题。本队队员外的任何人帮助解答问题将被严格禁止，这包括电子邮件，电话，谈话，网络聊天及其他回答问题的系统，或任何其他形式的通讯。
3．对问题可以只给予部分的解答。不会划定过关和淘汰的界限，也不会制定这样的分数线。评委们更关心的是参赛队解决问题的方法和途径。
4．摘要
摘要是你的 MCM 论文的一个非常重要的部份。评委会更多的注意你的摘要，摘要质量的高低是决定你的论文成败的关键。为了写一个好摘要, 想
像一个读者可能通过读你的摘要从而决定是否继续看你的论文。因此，在你的摘要里必须清楚明显地叙述出你解决问题的方法和你得到的最重要的结论。你的摘要要
能激发一名读者的兴趣，从而使他继续了解你工作的细节。那些内容为，仅仅是问题的重述或只是介绍性的剪贴板一样的摘要是没有说服力的。
摘要的内容：
简洁地重述问题 用你自己的话说明你要做什么。
合理的假设 强调那些与问题有关的假设。
清楚地列出被用于你的模型所有的变量。
建立并证明你的模型（已有的或你新创造的）
模型测试和敏感度分析, 包括错误分析, 等等。
讨论你的模型或方法的优缺点
提供算法
以文字，图形或流程图的形式说明你所编写的计算机源代码的运算规则
5．简洁和组织非常重要。
主要陈述应该呈现主旨和结果。
简洁的问题的重述。
声明所有用到的变量和假设。
分析问题，激发或证明你所用到的模型。
包括模型的建立。
论述怎样测试模型，包括错误分析和稳定性分析（条件作用，灵敏度等等）。
对你模型或方法的优缺点进行讨论。
6．论文必须用英文写。
7．你所解决问题的论文必须完整的由文本和可能的演算、图表或其他的书面材料组成，而且这些都要写在纸介质上。像计算机文件、光盘等非纸介质的材料将不会被接受。
8．在每一页论文的上方都应有页码和该队的控制数字；我们建议您在每一页使用页眉，例如：
Team #321
Page 6 of 13
9.参赛队员或指导老师的姓名以及学校的名称不应出现在论文当中，论文中也不能含有除各队控制数字之外的可以辨别出该队的信息。
10．参赛队不遵循任何一项规则都将被取消参赛资格。
当竞赛于2005 年2月 3 日下午8 ：00开始后：
打印概要和控制的表单
当参赛队员准备他们的论文时，指导老师应该：
1． 登录大赛网站http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm
进入后点击 Advisor
Login 输入你的电子邮件地址和密码。
2． 输入参赛队员的姓名并确定拼写正确。这些名字和学校的名称将会被印制到证书上，COMAP不会因为任何原因重新印制证书或做任何更改。
3．
说明你的参赛队所选择的问题。
4．
打印一份控制表单的副本。
5．
打印一份参赛队的摘要的副本。
当竞赛于2005 年2月 7日下午8 ：00结束后：
准备答案：
1．
让每一名队员在控制表上签字，保证他们遵守了大赛的规则和指导。
2．
准备好完整的摘要并复印三份。
3．
把你所解决问题的论文也复印三份，并分别把三份摘要放在三份论文的最上面，装订好。
4．
把控制表单放在其中一份论文的上面，装订好。
邮寄答案：
1．
当你按上面说的准备好了答案之后，把他邮寄到：
MCM/ICM Coordinator
COMAP, Inc.
57 Bedford St., Suite
210
Lexington, MA ostalCode>02420ostalCode>
USA
2．
COMAP必须在2005年2月16号（包括16号）收到你的答案。确定你的队伍的答案在此期限前到达COMAP是你的责任。
3．
为了保证你的答案能够及时到达COMAP，在需要的情况下请使用挂号或特快专递。
4．
COMAP在任何情况下都不会接受迟到的答案。
5．
如果你要确认COMAP已经收到了你的答案，请向当地邮局查询。由于收到论文的数量太多，COMAP不能对你的查询或电子邮件给予回复。
在竞赛结束之后：
确定COMAP已经收到了你队的答案
在答案邮寄出去几天之后，你可以登录大赛的网站进入链接Advisor Login以确认COMAP是否收到了你的答案。这一过程中请允许我们用几天的时间来处理你邮寄的包裹。
审评
评审工作将与2005年3月31日完成。参赛作品将被分别评为成功参赛奖，优秀奖，有功的（贡献奖），特等奖。
结果查询
定期访问大赛的网站查询竞赛的结果。评审工作及COMAP整理结果的过程要花费几个星期的时间。结果出来后我们会立即在大赛的网站上公布。请不要打电话或通过电子邮件查询比赛结果什么时候揭晓；你只需要定期访问大赛的网站来查询。
接受证书
竞赛的结果公布后，每一个成功参与的队伍都会收到一个成功参与的证书。我们会根据登记时所添写的地址把证书邮寄给指导老师。在大赛结果公布后，到你收到证书，这可能要有几个星期的时间。
奖项
INFORMS会从所有队中选出一个突出的参赛队，作为INFORMS奖的获得者。
SIAM会从所有队中选出一个突出的参赛队，作为SIAM奖的获得者。
MAA会从所有MCM的参赛队中选出一个突出的队，作为MAA奖的获得者。
说明：COMAP是所有规则和政策的最终仲裁者，对于那些不遵循这些规则和手续的参赛队，COMAP有权单方面的拒绝他们的登记或取消他们的参赛资格。
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