2012年美国大学生数学建模竞赛参赛通知双语版(源于数学中国).doc

2012年美国大学生数学建模竞赛参赛通知+ j* h6 Q8 z8 F) y3 m+ j3 I0 o W7 J b. L0 W9 s% 5 p v( N1 m7 E2 J 3 m3 s3 ?1 T! M2 a$ n$ ; c: K数学中国翻译F D% W2 ?% T7 D! F翻译人：尹保利，占冰强$ X1 L) 0 g% V3 m5 s（说明：任何人或者网站转载必须声明来源于数学中国）9 ?9 y# j N5 w6 W U! ! K6 L4 g! Z, y1 N3 K$ f* 4 v: V) O7 V- w6 W9 m t: J4 M# F& X1 i n% A0 & H0 1 e v$ v d; W! F k6 9 f% v7 w* u9 K% K3 N& j- p2012 MCM/ICM Call for Entries3 A7 g6 L. J% H* _! 4 y2012年美国大学生数学建模竞赛（MCM/ICM）参赛通知, X5 5 J7 K/ v# q9 U( y e- f+ i4 r6 c5 Q1 S. IMC- B# f5 w- r4 L0 u0 FDear Colleagues:& p/ k% G! S) f1 y( XThe Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM),an international contest for high school students and college undergraduates, will hold its 14th annual competition in February 2012. Last year,735 teams from 150 institutions in four countries participated in the contest. ICM is designed to develop and advance interdisciplinary problem-solving skills as well as competence in written communication. The interdisciplinary problem will focus on a network science issue.$ ) _ G s$ 1 F& Y2 _第14届国际数学建模竞赛（ICM）将于2012年2 月举行，该赛事是面向大学生和高中生的国际性赛事！去年，来自4个国家的150个院校共735个团队参加了竞赛。ICM 旨在发展并提升学生的解决交叉学科问题的能力和写作论文的能力。交叉学科问题主要以网络科学为主题！! : V6 |3 K* e, f H7 O: o& J& U& Q4 C8 d$ q% O7 UYour institution may take part in the ICM effort by encouraging a member of your department to serve as a faculty advisor and by promoting the participation of faculty and students from associated departments. Advisors help organize the teams,distribute contest materials, and return solution papers to COMAP.$ ; e: f) g0 x: J) a. . J各院校可以设定一个负责人作来组织学校的学生参加建模比赛，负责人主要起动员和组织学校的学生参加此项赛事，同时负责人帮助学生组队，分发竞赛资料及给竞赛官方发送比赛论文！# J! B4 Y5 | Y) x4 |) U- G t& C& p G3 R$ W0 oPlease take a moment to read this Contest Overview, then go to for more information about registration, deadlines, and contest rules. All registration will take place online.If you have any questions please contact .5 t K- c! R. I请先阅读本竞赛概要，有关登记注册，截止日，竞赛规则等信息可登陆进行查阅。) Z3 e3 X F8 L0 m1 l I如有疑问，请联系.3 L3 s7 a; p: # m/ j& X; . n) b/ 4 V m5 u; 5 p) K, UWe hope that you and your team(s) will enjoy this modeling challenge.2 q+ _- i; w( ) . B. jBest Wishes,; s w4 h. x2 JChris Arney, Contest Director/ o/ : h& V+ O7 p F0 * H( p+ D希望你和你们团队都能享受本次大赛带来的挑战。6 T1 F 1 & v M% ( o7 a7 祝大家好运+ 8 6 Y& W/ _( P: O- L+ w竞赛组办发言人：Chris Arney.( z9 b% f# % yg# ?( o8 f7 x. F m: LMCM+ P. k9 J, Q* Y3 O* Q& jDear Colleagues:- Q( T |1 C1 + aThe Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM),a unique international contest for high school students and college undergraduates, will hold its 28th annual competition in February 2012. Last year, 2775 teams from 562 institutions in sixteen countries participated in the contest. The MCM is designed to timulate and improve problemsolving and writing skills in mathematics. Students participate as team members rather than as individuals, creating an environment for sharing knowledge and skills.% t O3 r# O f , 4 d亲爱的参赛选手：9 I X7 Y9 P7 h$ Q第28 届国际数学建模竞赛（MCM）将于2012 年2 月举行，该赛事是面向大学生和高中生的国际性赛事！去年，来自16 个国家的562 个院校共2775 个团队参加了竞赛。MCM 旨在激励与提高学生应用数学解决实际问题的能力和写作能力。学生需组队参与，以便形成一个共同分享知识与能力的团队环境。) 9 9 G$ L f* t7 2 x; T( D/ m7 I7 Q1 o ?Your institution may take part in the MCM effort by encouraging a member of your department to serve as a faculty advisor and by promoting the participation of faculty and students from associated departments. Advisors help organize the teams, distribute contest materials, and return solution papers to COMAP.& C0 8 & M( d9 O, Y J各院校可以设定一个负责人作来组织学校的学生参加建模比赛，负责人主要起动员和组织学校的学生参加此项赛事，同时负责人帮助学生组队，分发竞赛资料及给竞赛官方发送比赛论文！2 0 t) 0 w* y) N- v5 E4 K- f( |$ D$ C4 i9 iPlease take a moment to read this Contest Overview and then go to for more information about registration, deadlines, and contest rules. All registration will take place online.If you have any questions please contact .$ ; C& / h7 D请先阅读本竞赛概要，有关登记注册，截止日，竞赛规则等信息可登陆 进行查阅。如有疑问，请联系.8 o. n. R! L( c8 E. J9 T B0 t0 X* e# x eWe hope that you and your team take pleasure in this intellectual challenge and enjoy the spirit of this competition. C. u/ g/ V3 f, $ X4 l xBest Wishes, Y2 U5 H2 O5 y1 RWilliam P. Fox, Contest Director v5 F# * ( Q8 N希望你和你的团队在这次智力挑战中愉快，并能享受比赛精神。; ?! f3 r- M) v祝大家好运) g% w- Y- 7 g1 k竞赛组办发言人：William P. Fox7 u5 u: t( t6 p$ C* F/ Q; W7 7 q6 p+ & V5 : Q( c0 G% d% e/ H R# x3 T) T, d/ ERecent ICM Contest Outstanding Teams* & - |( A( J# i近年来ICM 竞赛杰出队伍 x, x$ v# Z; d! b- e R4 C0 C& hNorthwestern Polytechnical University, y# Z: a$ a5 F( _9 Z8 oXian, China/ b% P+ M# , ?( P2 A9 M, 西北工业大学，西安，中国( 0 C. V0 r9 H8 kSoutheast University,Nanjing, China8 A, R6 E& w% ; b0 P9 H7 T东南大学，南京，中国. n, y5 o5 I, n( N! JSouth China University of Technology,& E0 p; d x( p( L% A7 p& R# TGuangzhou, China/ q: |! l% E/ C* E; V华南理工大学，广州，中国. 4 b8 u4 ! d& 0 j- Y3 rHumboldt State University, Arcata, CA4 d+ 5 M; j: L M3 G/ 洪堡加州州立大学，Arcata，加利福尼亚州7 h& X5 M8 Z2 p% WNC School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC: j( U/ L& Q4 A: c8 S北加州科学与数学学院，Durham, 北卡罗来纳州1 v; W. 0 C7 K: eZhejiang University, Hangzhou, China& y3 3 m L2 |& ) z$ P浙江大学，杭州，中国5 . M% z) Q. D- o# e4 6 ?! q5 n9 Q# I3 n+ 9 d& A3 K z3 ?: s6 ?, _Contest Directors* z7 |- z5 W8 f; B: + s7 s, dChris Arney* k ; H# 1 F+ e e, DU. S. Military Academy, NY. D* b3 s2 u3 m& : WJoseph Myers9 |0 3 j, Y6 P: D7 i& z- c2 d WU. S. Army Research Office, NC) Q3 D# e: W) t8 H A1 A F/ E/ e竞赛主任+ / Y4 d# o( XChris Arney1 d$ g+ H z 美军军事学院，纽约# y3 M# I% F3 l9 G1 I! A8 zJoseph Myers9 Q C0 T; o7 J美军军队研究办事处，北卡罗来纳州0 u 5 a y* m4 r4 B# P0 M% M1 x7 o. u3 ?! 6 i! R u x! H# O! n$ 1 Z% E. / D2 w7 v5 Y Y IExecutive Director$ g9 C/ e- G8 U/ d7 k$ 3 FSolomon A. Garfunkel+ |; i& g& D, sCOMAP, Inc. MA) 9 D* u8 W: u# L O! ?执行主任6 O9 E n: Y: xSolomon A. Garfunkel x/ w u. D3 L* r, c/ J美国数学及其应用联合会，马萨诸塞州7 l) L& E- D- L2 r* y7 0 R8 d& K6 y4 UAssociate Director( m : E |9 * T d# Rod Sturdivant- r r- t- d& g8 P! U. S. Military Academy2 k2 R8 N5 J$ W6 a% 5 b9 I1 X副主任# s% L3 T2 t$ x& B: ?Rod Sturdivant* q7 t1 g! t P4 x 美军军事学院/ j9 B$ Q# 4 I* _# 9 p3 J- _5 y* z- m7 d+ # L H _8 5 B2 D1 C1 |1 L2 u5 t b: M9 z1 S1 d5 l) t2 R/ LRecent MCM Contest Outstanding Teams/ f* K) ?) x5 q X0 j近年来ICM 竞赛杰出队伍# r7 K j+ q3 P6 m6 C5 mEastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR- R$ T% D5 P3 d0 Q% l3 x9 * h7 L东俄勒冈大学, La Grande,俄勒冈州, * r h/ 4 G) x4 D0 Q M+ X( r) e. J! T6 k6 r* bHarvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA. U1 S/ ?1 p/ Q8 o( Z哈维玛德学院，Claremont,加利福尼亚州. O. ? i- C5 R# Z N& J8 K- O. | t! p& F% y! y1 - E0 * A0 heking University, Beijing, China j0 B3 3 g- N. , c; a7 g1 P( o# a北京大学，北京，中国( t8 A5 m% _ P |Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; 1 K B) R9 I+ B& v4 O, v! C伦斯勒理工学院 , Troy,纽约州5 W6 D, + n% B t0 v# R$ o2 cTsinghua University, Beijing, China D6 d& R1 y! X: P清华大学，北京，中国/ W8 W# L1 D DUniversity of Electronic Science and Tech ,Chengdu, China+ O1 O+ M* F4 |( C& n; Y电子科技大学，成都，中国! o+ s$ U( k # u0 N# j: r0 y1 _University of Western Ontario, London, Canadab& U8 T9 x3 _ B! 6 E9 b5 j3 加拿大西安大略大学, London,加拿大9 P7 h$ N9 U# j$ y2 t0 yVirginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA9 f7 E; N w1 z8 弗吉尼亚理工大学, Blacksburg,弗吉尼亚州: t; b n! I/ D1 I3 q7 b0 p3 t4 B) Q1 C% t3 Y) z% B6 a0 a1 X y: g - t1 q, : A# A; k4 P3 y6 bContest Director8 V/ J2 l: + _William P. Fox0 b# b. T( x: t0 ( R BNaval Postgraduate School,CA/ X f a2 w3 q, p. y竞赛主任, w% b. H5 x B1 William P. Fox f2 |+ y- U$ l- I$ g) 6 P0 t& d美国海军研究生学院，加利福尼亚州7 H4 ?8 ; w- J3 o7 g7 _2 j! k3 O l$ 7 2 r) S 1 J& z/ h R U! zExecutive Director$ a7 T Y: / t5 k/ b u5 Q# tSolomon A. Garfunkel: 9 , V2 ; t* x$ X! y+ e3 vCOMAP, Inc., MA7 R! z3 8 B: X) L- , Z: v/ a3 S执行主任: : T2 f% S1 _- RSolomon A. Garfunkel9 Z) X! B) R/ K3 C& E# z: r美国数学及其应用联合会 ，马萨诸塞州* y/ / r+ R* B9 5 y/ / - z* c* u9 o. w. o; b5 f! I! n; rFounding Director _5 b. L V. x F1 i3 lBen Fusaro* U: T: N; N8 E2 Florida State University,FL& m- V0 n L8 A$ R创会理事w: M2 l. m0 t+ WBen Fusaro2 |) J( 7 ?# F1 P6 p佛罗里达州立大学，佛罗里达州) C: S- A/ Z3 R0 g+ g( M0 G: x9 x; B7 , P4 tAssociate Directors: V, P8 q$ S6 u1 |/ 8 EWilliam Fox j( R$ w7 E! L% A% G2 v, lNaval Postgraduate School, CA( 6 z f2 R! * f4 8 H/ m5 Patrick Driscoll+ t! k% r) ; n/ fU.S. Military Academy,NY! T) g/ Q# s+ f& M2 T) W6 s& r; j副主任! ?; P# ( l# |3 dWilliam Fox# w0 A: l1 r# f# : k: v美国海军研究生学院，加利福尼亚州. y$ c: C: |/ rPatrick Driscoll2 J9 J/ t ) h l5 u7 y美国军事学院，纽约州6 F C) : f1 j; F5 h: x( d3 O: M6 e* Q e M# C0 k2 F7 Y/ I6 & x & ?Advisory Board1 S2 h; S$ | Q# G- ZBen Fusaro& w C8 K0 G3 i% j5 rFlorida State University, FL D% a1 l iMarvin S. Keener0 p9 s$ f5 w7 Y; 8 HOklahoma State University, OK; Z4 Q) f& c j5 d: UVeena Mendiratta. A V+ l% 2 Bell Labs, Lucent c3 m, * q- Q6 x+ S1 z7 m0 BTechnologies, NJ3 Z( 3 r7 3 N8 v7 f. j+ R HPeter Anspach& I: y; i0 B5 f6 |9 H% ; lNational Security Agency, MD6 Z9 y0 j A/ W1 E, q; p7 J, rMaynard Thompson u& s7 E! e7 L1 X$ r) A. 3 CIndiana University, IN* s8 G9 J9 v4 & W6 2 h v# 0 PMarie Vanisko0 q! d ! h- K$ # k, S4 q& aCalifornia State University, CA5 A A9 U8 y8 F% T8 Q7 B+ OKaren D. Bolinger7 x* N( P1 w# ?Clarion University of Pennsylvania, PA* j/ A: H2 M( , l / CKathleen M. Shannon0 N# ) O# d. g& CSalisbury University, MD1 2 E6 j4 s* m1 j/ L# d& nFrank R. Giordano7 m: k d8 C4 T& O A6 YNaval Postgraduate School, CA C7 O8 / W+ 9 g1 V$ |顾问委员会3 y- d( % z, f! ; d7 O6 NBen Fusaro4 Y. s: ; e& U+ W佛罗里达州立大学，佛罗里达州7 p9 M0 N9 % a; V! , DMarvin S. Keener7 k& L* ?7 p4 T# P4 Y7 g9 p* u0 d/ M俄克拉荷马州立大学，俄克拉何马州 ) E1 r6 T: p4 x3 0 a% P8 SVeena Mendiratta$ w) K) ?4 7 t/ L, V贝尔实验室，新泽西州2 l6 P% i, C; q% S. L# KPeter Anspach t% D5 # r0 h8 |5 s美国国家安全局，马里兰州2 S% C t: 1 R6 e4 A/ kMaynard Thompson% G9 O- q# m8 Q4 H y a/ K3 m印第安纳大学，印地安那州0 P6 f; + D6 W, Marie Vanisko1 O+ T, g5 ?2 D1 v* g7 Z+ i加利福尼亚州立大学 ，加利福尼亚州; D* # V n/ U$ G! WKaren D. Bolinger& C; m1 S _4 L$ O4 v W5 d8 B6 b宾州克莱瑞恩大学，宾夕法尼亚州y; G r6 Q* _5 G6 b6 PKathleen M. Shannon$ u# s: C4 6 i/ ) U索尔兹伯里大学 ，马里兰州: |7 3 Z! p+ v$ g% , ZFrank R. Giordano5 R p5 V) . 3 . O美国海军研究生学院 ，加利福尼亚州% v1 E$ u4 R& o# i% X; Y& s# v/ o- C V* D1 T # E5 Q M2 C+ Q% P3 EContest Overview/ g2 N7 w) r5 J u# kMCM and ICM are parallel contests and follow the same rules.All the information listed below, except where noted, pertains to both contests. k& Y7 q# T z8 C* O1 a1 L竞赛概要ICM 和MCM 是两个独立的竞赛，遵循同样的规则（除过特别说明外，下面所列信息同时适用于两个比赛）+ & t9 Z3 X8 & U9 G- Z% o+ Z+ J9 P7 m |$ A% j+ 2 m9 c; e + f3 m; The Ground Rules8 q. H4 k# G M9 xContest Date and Time: The 2012 contests must be accomplished at a local facility starting at 8:01 PM EST on Thursday, February 9, 2012 and ending at 8:00 PM EST on Monday, February 13, 2012.# D+ R7 + t; J8 基本规则9 C! c2 . H5 M* S; G竞赛的日期时间：2012 年美国大学生数学建模竞赛将于2012年2 月9 号（周四）晚上8:01 分（美国东部时间）开始，于2012 年2 月13 号（周一）晚上8:00（美国东部时间）结束，比赛的地点为当地的院校。2 |# R E t& F+ h2 R2 i! O0 z. / G8 o; Z5 p& V) $ 5 L4 w: I$ c! D& 1 H* v9 F& tEach team is required to submit an electronic copy of its solution paper by email to . The advisor or any team member may submit this email.$ 2 W9 i; 6 , R每个队都必须通过email 将论文电子副本提交到。此任务可由负责老师或组员完成。! , , : p; y9 # V, z. q1 Z) z+ g( Z- e5 _6 3 T3 U# v# ?* e0 v6 p- Your email MUST be received at COMAP by the submission deadline of 8:00 PM EST on February 13, 2012.Faculty advisors must ensure that no further modifications,enhancements, additions, or improvements may be made to the teams solution paper after this email submission.COMAP must then receive your Printed Solution Packet via mail on or before Wednesday, February 22, 2012.2 p8 v6 z6 w5 + 0 i) M论文邮件必须在截止日期（2012 年2 月13 日美国东部时间晚8:00）前提交于官方指定邮箱.学校负责老师必须确保电子论文提交后不会再变更、美化、添加或进行其他修改。此外，参赛队伍必须保证组委会能够最晚于美国时间2012 年2 月22 日（周三）收到各队邮寄的纸质版论文的包裹。& & r+ L, Q z: C g X% H& j! g% D8 UThe Contest Materials: The contest Website contains all the guidelines, requirements, judging criteria, and suggested procedures for the submission of solution papers, including step-by-step instructions.No materials will be available in any other form.% q) J6 L- E! K! l7 c q竞赛资料：+ - m8 P S2 u$ l$ K0 C$ Y T X竞赛网站有各类指导，要求，评判标准，及提交论文的方法步骤（包括详细指导）。其他的资料都不具有官方性质。, w+ A( O6 % N# , q. K5 L/ J/ X+ K E5 o7 b, W2 On Thursday, February 9 at 8:00 PM EST, the contest problems will be posted on the contest Website.0 n6 _ 5 ; & T* a4 s竞赛题目将于2 月9 日（周四）美国东部时间晚上8:00 发布于官方网站。: 4 p( 4 : f# f) g9 g; H( h2 B5 u# jX& Z* K2 B( f5 N/ ; cThe Advisors: Advisors inform students about this competition and encourage the formulation of teams.Advisors may guide and rehearse the team prior to the beginning of the competition.8 W5 e0 g- g# Y& M5 J负责老师：负责老师可以给学生宣传有关本次比赛的事宜，鼓励学生组队，同时负责老师可在竞赛开始前对队员进行指导和排练。 % ! k. x; y3 Bw; |. O3 e0 r( l h k; VDuring the competition, the students are expected to develop all of the substantive analysis without the help of others. Registration of Teams: All teams must register online on or before February 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM EST.; N- W/ g+ |1 nA $100 registration fee must be paid at registration online in order to participate.$ O C) L3 _6 Z+ ; E; U/ e I, 9 c竞赛中，学生应该独立完成论文，不能和本队以外的人进行探讨。* y 7 N0 y- c, L1 % u4 q! D s5 K3 B/ G9 X* W q团队注册：各组必须在2012 年2 月9 日下午15:00（北京时间）之前在网上登记注册。3 F6 o5 Y. P4 n* ! _注册时候，每个参赛队伍需支付100 美元报名费。0 l8 K+ U g# o. R/ O9 y6 F5 Y+ Q& S7 _8 v# fThe MCM and ICM contests now allow unlimited teams per institution, with unlimited teams per department. Each team consists of up to three high school or undergraduate students who are enrolled in school at the time of the contest.( k G* K2 t) w现在，MCM 和ICM 对每个学校的参数队伍不做限制，每个院系也不限组数。但是每个队伍最多由3 名在校高中生或在校大学生组成。- 7 a- D F) 2 J+ x8 G2 O# |$ v C! w2 H4 Team members do not need to be named at the time of registration, but they must be determined before the contest problems are read.0 |7 3 A7 x1 C. l$ B5 J% ?! U8 W% 登记时不需要提交组员名字，但提交竞赛论文的时候需写清名字。( | k4 q+ m. Z3 ! _, 1 |- O+ q2 uThe Contest Problems: Teams will choose one of three modeling problems: ?* T$ N$ G( U3 aMCM Problem A (continuous) or0 f, e9 2 f2 j& O- GMCM Problem B (discrete)9 % Y, A M5 ; _& |ICM Problem C (interdisciplinary); T* T: v, n! w0 m竞赛题：每队可以选择以下问题三者之一：1 D. ) g- N0 r- ZMCM 题A（连续型）或. n( A5 h1 C; mMCM 题B(离散型). I D2 y6 T9 ICM 题C（交叉学科）9 a/ D; r9 w; ) |6 / l: f$ N! ) e6 h: GData, if needed, will be attached to the problem or available on the contest Website.Sample problems from other years are online at 6 W/ 1 w 4 G4 i1 D8 W# N. _如需要，数据会在题后给出或发布在竞赛网上。如想参考以前的样题，请查询。, d: R, o9 k! c/ I8 K, ?9 r4 i9 n4 d9 L0 n l6 V! a# |8 p5 jThe Report: Participants may use all the resources available such as computers, libraries, software packages,Internet, or any other inanimate sources.% r1 K. x. v+ h6 # c 7 + |说明：参赛队员可以使用各种诸如计算机、图书馆、软件、网络或其他任何非智慧生命体等资源。/ X5 D! i c9 w: + y1 W- P0 k; d9 E# kProblems are designed to be open-ended and are unlikely to have a unique solution.6 c, E) R! j5 X问题设置的比较开放，没有唯一答案。7 % $ j8 G# z- | y) S/ B% ZZ! r/ x, B# c# LAttention must be focused on clarity, analysis, and design of the solution.4 v: b- m* t( h- ! 2 l8 I一定要注意对解决问题所用模型的阐述、分析与设计。: K, p0 H% e* d0 c _6 c X) O5 E2 FThe narrative section of the solution papers must be typed and in English. Partial solutions are acceptable.Two copies of each paper must be submitted.! j: h& G0 e F2 Y+ g- E3 参赛论文的正文必须是英文版本。即使是一个不完整的解决问题的方案也可以提交。每个论文要提交两个副本。6 q; Q2 z2 y8