美国数学建模竞赛特等奖论文——mcm 2006 judge B【数学建模】.pdfVIP

Judges Commentary 413 Judges Commentary: The Fusaro Award Wheelchair Paper Peter Anspach National Security Agency Ft. Meade, MD anspachQaol, com Marie Vanisko Dept. of Mathematics California State University Stanislaus Turlock, CA mvanisko: The Ben Fusaro Award for the 2006 B problem went to the team from Mag- gie L. Walker Governors School in Richmond, VA. Their paper felljust short of the Outstanding designation due to a slightly less sophisticated level of math- ematics than could have been used. However, the paper exemplified some outstanding characteristics: *It presented a high-quality application of the complete modeling process; *it demonstrated noteworthy originality and creativity in their modeling ef- fort; and *was well-written, in a clear expository style making it a pleasure to read. Addressing real-world problems involves formulating a mathematical de- scription of the problem, solving the mathematical model, interpreting the mathematical solution, and critically evaluating the model. Before a team could formulate a mathematical description of the problem, it was necessary to do research to estimate reasonable values for parameters to be used. The Maggie L. Walker team began by getting current statistics on the num- ber of wheelchair passengers and how airlines and airports serve their needs. In addition, they looked at the Department of Transportation Congressional Report on disability-related airline complaints. From their assumptions, itwas clear that the team considered many issues. Certain assumptions-for exam- ple, wheelchairs are always functional, an important issue-treated issues that The UhMAPJournal27 (3) (2006) 413-414. @Copyright 2006by COMAP,Inc. Allrights reserved. Permission to make digital orhard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classr