MCM：数学建模竞赛ICM：交叉学科建模竞赛Contest Registration and Instructions竞赛注册和指导.doc

MCM: The Mathematical Contest in ModelingICM: The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling MCM：数学建模竞赛ICM：交叉学科建模竞赛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MCM的说明和规则除特别说明以外都适用于ICM）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MCM的参赛队需有一名所在单位的指导教师负责。整个注册报名过程需由该指导教师完成。IMPORTANT CHANGE TO CONTEST RULES FOR MCM/ICM 2009: 2009年MCM/ICM规则的重要改变：Teams (Student or Advisor) are now required to submit an electronic copy of their solution paper by email to .Your email MUST be received at COMAP by the submission deadline of 8:00 PM EST, February 9, 2009. 要求参赛队（由学生或者指导教师）通过Email提交一份解决方案的电子版拷贝，发到。Email邮件必须在美国东部时间2009年2月9日上午8点前发到COMAP。Teams that fail to submit a solution via email by 8PM Eastern Time on the 9th of February will constitute a violation of the contest rules and will result in disqualification.没能在美国东部时间2月9日前通过Email提交电子版论文的参赛队将被认定违反了比赛规则，结果是被取消比赛资格。No further modifications, enhancements, additions, or improvements may be made to the teams solution paper after this submission. Each teams electronic submission will be cross-checked for consistency with their paper submission. Any changes to the paper version will constitute a violation of the contest rules and may result in disqualification.在电子版提交后不能再对论文进行修改、完善、追加、改进等工作，电子版论文将和纸质版论文进行交叉一致性检查，纸质论文的任何改动都将被认定违反了比赛规则，结果是被取消比赛资格。The current rules for submitting the (3) paper copy and CD are still in effect.当前的规则仍然要求提交3份论文纸质拷贝和CD光盘。In the subject line of your email write: COMAP and your teams control number.Example of title line. Subject: COMAP 2222在Email邮件的主题一栏要写上：COMAP和你的参赛队控制号。主题栏示例：COMAP 2222Use your teams control number as the name of your file attachments. 使用你的参赛队控制号作为文件附件的文件名。COMAP will only accept an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word file of your solution. DO NOT include programs or software with your email as they will not be used in the judging process. Limit your email to one solution per email.COMAP仅接收Adobe PDF 和Microsoft Word格式的文件。Email中不需要包含程序和相关软件，因为它们在评审过程中不会起作用。限制每封Email邮寄一篇论文。Teams that fail to submit a solution via email by 8PM Eastern Time on the 9th of February will constitute a violation of the contest rules and will result in disqualification.没能在美国东部时间2月9日前通过Email提交电子版论文的参赛队将被认定违反了比赛规则，结果是被取消比赛资格。There are several procedures that a teams 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 advisors responsibility to make sure that teams are correctly registered and that all steps required for participation in MCM/ICM are completed. 每队指导教师在赛前、赛中和赛后都需办理一系列的手续。请认真阅读这些说明，确保完成了所有相关的步骤。每位指导教师的责任包括确保每个参赛队正确注册并正确完成参加MCM/ ICM所要求的相关步骤。We Suggest printing a copy of these contest instructions for reference before, during, and after the contest. 竞赛主委会建议在比赛前做一份竞赛注册和指导 的拷贝，以便在竞赛时和结束后作为参考。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，本指导中所涉及的所有时间均指的是东部时间。Before the contest registration deadline at 2pm EST on Thursday February 18, 2010 : 竞赛注册的截止时间为：美国东部时间，2010年2月18日（星期四）下午2点。 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、赛中和赛后都能保持联系。1.All teams must be registered before 2pm EST on Thursday February 18, 2010 . 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 2010 . No exceptions will be made. 1、所有的参赛队必须在美国东部时间2010年2月18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，不再接受新的注册。任何未在规定时间内注册的参赛队都没有参加2010年MCM的资格。不存在例外情况。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 18, 2010 . 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服务的发生，COMAP 建议所有的参赛队在美国东部时间2010年2月18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。不存在例外情况。3. Registration is via the contest web site. To register a team, go to /undergraduate/contests/mcm. If you are registering your first team for this years contest, click on Register for 2010 Contest on the left-hand side of the screen. 3、报名必须通过竞赛网站在线进行。报名者可以访问以下网页：/undergraduate/contests/mcm如果您刚刚开始注册2010年度竞赛的第一个参赛队，请点击网页左边的Register for 2010 Contest 。If you have already registered a team for this years 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 youre logged in, click on the Register Another Team link near the upper right corner of the page and follow the instructions there.如果您已经注册过一个参赛队而想为另外一个参赛队注册，请点击 Advisor Login，打开页面后请您使用在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右上角的 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. 一个指导教师最多只能注册两个参赛队。如果你已经注册了两个参赛队，Register Another Team 链接将会消失，同时您将不能再注册其他参赛队。4. Registration Fee ：注册费用One of the final steps in the registration process is payment of the $ 100 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参赛队必须交纳 $ 100的注册费。我们通过 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它形式的支付。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. 我们网站上处理您信用卡支付的网页是安全的。这就是说您的信用卡号在您的计算机与我们的服务器之间的传输是经过加密保护的。信用卡号仅用来完成支付交易，我们系统在处理完支付交易后不会储存您的信用卡号。5. 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. 5、一旦我们收到了您的信用卡机构的确认（这往往只需要数秒钟），我们的系统将为您的参赛队自动生成一个控制编号。参赛队在没有收到控制编号以前都是没有完成参赛注册的。您必须将给出参赛队控制编号的网页打印出来。该网页同时也包含了你注册时所提供的 E-mail 和密码的提示，您在完成比赛的整个过程中将会用到它们。6、You will not receive any email confirmation of your registration; the only confirmation you will receive will be the screen giving your teams control number. 6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控制编号的网页。7、The screen giving your teams 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 teams control and summary sheets that you will use when preparing your teams solution packet. Please read the instructions below for details on these steps. 7、给出参赛队控制编号的网页是证实您的队已经完成了注册。为了参加比赛，您还要返回组委会的网站，登陆并确认所有与您的队伍相关的资料，打印出您的队伍的控制和简历页面，这些将在您们准备参赛队的包裹密封的时候用到。请仔细阅读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您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站。登陆以后点击页面右上角的 Edit Advisor or Institution Data链接进行修改。8、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. 8、您必须经常性地访问竞赛网站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-mail 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站发布。Before the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 18, 2010 : Choose your team members: 1. You must choose your team members before the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 18, 2010 . 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. 在美国东部时间2010年2月18日（星期四）晚上8点大赛开始以前：请确定参赛队成员：1您必须在在美国东部时间2010年2月18日（星期四）晚上8点大赛开始以前选择好您的参 赛队的队员。一旦比赛开始，您将不能增加或是改变任何一个参赛队队员（但是如果参赛队 员本人决定不参加比赛，您可以取消他/她的参赛资格）。2每个参赛队最多都只能由3名学生组成。3一个学生最多只能参加一个参赛队。4在比赛时间内，参赛队成员必须是在校学生，但可以不是全日制学生。参赛队成员和指导教 师必须来自同一所学校。When the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 18, 2010 : Teams view the contest problems via the contest web site: 1. The contest problems will become available precisely at 8pm EST on Thursday February 18, 2010 ; team members can view them by visiting /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 18, 2010 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 /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: o 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. o ICM teams should choose problem C. There is no choice for ICM teams. ICM teams should not choose problem A or B. 在美国东部时间2010年2月18日（星期四）晚上8点大赛开始时：参赛队通过大赛网站得到赛题：1、 赛题会于美国东部时间2010年2月18日（星期四）晚上8点公布：所有的参赛队员可以通过访问/undergraduate/contests/mcm.得到赛题。无须任何密码，仅通过网页连接就可以得到赛题。2、如果因为某些原因您无法直接访问到我们的主站，您也可以访问我们的镜像网站 /mcm 或者点击这里。竞赛的网站和镜像网站位于美国不同地方的两个不同的网络中，所以如果两个网页都不能访问，说明您的本地internet链接有问题，请与您的Internet服务提供商联系。3、竞赛提供了三个赛题的选择：A, B or C. 请注意：MCM的参赛队必须选择赛题 A 或 B；MCM的参赛队只要提交两个问题之一的解决方案就可以。MCM参赛队不得选择赛题C。ICM的参赛队必须选择赛题C。ICM参赛队除了赛题C别无选择，不能选择赛题A或者 B。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. 1.参赛队可以利用任何非生命提供的数据和资料包括计算机，软件，参考书目，网站，书籍等，但是所有引用的资料必须注明出处，如有参赛队未注明引用的内容的出处，将被取消参赛资格。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. 2.参赛队成员不允许向指导教师或者除了本团队成员以外的其他人寻求帮助或讨论问题。与除本团队成员以外的人的任何形式的接触都是严格禁止的。这包括通过E-mail联系、电话联系、私人交谈、通过网络聊天联络或是其他的任何问答系统，其他任何的交流方式。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 teams approach and methods. 3.部分解决方案是可接受的。大赛不存在通过或是不通过的分数分界点，也不会有一个数字形式的分数。MCM /ICM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. 摘要是 MCM 参赛论文的一个非常重要的部分。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。好的摘要可以使读者通过摘要就能判断自己是否要通读论文的正文部分。如此一来，摘要就必须清楚的描述解决问题的方法，显著的表达论文中最重要的结论。摘要应该能够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。To Summarize:概述Restatement Clarification of the Problem - state in your own words what you are going to do.再次重述问题用你自己的话重述你将要解决的问题。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陈述在解决问题中提出的假设，清晰的列出所有在模型中应用到的变量。4. Model Design and justification for type model used/developed. 4.对于已经用过的或者应用到的模型的构建与证明。Model Testing and Sensitivity Analysis, including error analysis, etc.模型的测试与灵敏度分析，包括误差分析等。Discuss strengths and weakness to your model or approach.关于模型或求解方法的优缺点讨论 Provide algorithms in words, figures, or flow charts (as a step by step algorithmic approach) for all computer codes developed. 提供在文字，图片或者是流程图 (如一步步的算法步骤)中用到的算法的所有计算机代码。5、Conciseness and organization are extremely important. Key statements should present major ideas and results. 5.论文的简明扼要、有组织是极为重要的。主要的结论必须给出大体的构想及结果。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.需包括如何通过调整使得模型付诸于实际应用这个问题的分析。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.).讨论如何进行模型测试，包括误差分析与稳定性（适用条件，灵敏度等）。Discuss any apparent strengths or weaknesses to your model or approach.讨论模型及求解方法的显著优缺点。6、Papers must be typed and in English. 6.论文需按规范的格式用英文书写。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. 7.整个解决方案必须包括文字主体部分、必要的图形、图表或其他类型的材料组成且只能以论文形式递交。不是论文形式的材料如计算机文件或盘片等将不被接受。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 # 321Page 6 of 138.解决方案的每一页的顶部都需要有参赛队的控制编号以及页码。我们建议在每页上使用页眉，例如： Team # 321Page 6 of 139、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. 9.参赛队的成员名单、指导教师名单以及学校名称均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包含有除了参赛队控制编号以外的任何身份识别信息。10、Any preparation rule not followed is grounds for team disqualification. 10.任何不遵守以上规则的参赛队将被取消参赛资格。After the contest begins at 8pm EST on Thursday February 18, 2010 : 在美国东部时间2010年2月18日（星期四）晚上8点大赛开始以后：Print Summary Sheet and Control Sheets 打印出简历及控制页面While the teams are preparing their solutions, the advisor should 当参赛队在准备他们的赛题解决方案时，指导老师需完成这一步：1. Login to the contest web site (go to /undergraduate/contests/mcm.and click on Advisor Login and enter your email address and password). 1登陆大赛网站（访问/undergraduate/contests/mcm. 然后点击Advisor Login 输入您的 E-mail 地址与密码）。2. 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.2 输入参赛成员的姓名，确认拼写正确。这些参赛成员的姓名与学校名称将与出现在证书上的信息一致。请注意：COMAP不接受任何原因导致的证书的更改与重新认证。 3. Specify the problem that your team has chosen to solve. 3 特别指明您的参赛队伍所选择的赛题。4. Print one copy of the control sheet.4 打印一张控制页面的拷贝。 5. Print one copy of the team summary sheet.5打印一张参赛队简历页面。When the contest ends at 8pm EST on Monday February 22, 2010在美国东部时间2010年2月22日（星期一）晚上8点大赛结束以后：Prepare Solution Packet: 准备论文邮包：1. Have each student sign the control sheet, pledging that they have abided by the contest rules an