2013美赛规则重点解析--MCM RR.ppt

Share by Charlie of MCM Rules and regulations 1. The contest problems The contest problems will become available precisely at 7:50PM EST on Thursday January 31,2013 on the following mirror sites:/mcm/index.html /mcm/index.html /mcm/index.html ???????????????????????????????????? 2.Choose a problem Each team must choose one of the three problem choices according to the following rules:? MCM teams must choose either Problem A or Problem B; an MCM team may submit asolution to only one of the problems. 3.Teams prepare solutions 1. Teams may use any inanimate source of data or materials: computers, software, references, websites, books, etc. ALL SOURCES USED MUST BE CREDITED. Failure to credit a source will result in a team being disqualified from the competition. 3.Teams prepare solutions(cont.) Partial solutions are acceptable. There is no passing or failing cut-off score, and numerical scoreswill not be assigned. The MCM/ICM contest judges are primarily interested in the team’sapproach and methods. 3.Teams prepare solutions(cont.) Summary Sheet: The summary is an essential part of your MCM/ICM paper. The judges placeconsiderable weight on the summary, and winning papers are often distinguished from otherpapers based on the quality of the summary. 4. On Summary– Greatest Importance!!! Your concise presentation in the summary should inspire a reader to learn about the details of your work. Thus, a summary should clearly describe your approach to the problem and, most prominently, your most important conclusions. Summaries that are mererestatements of the contest problem, or are a cut-and-paste boilerplate from the Introduction are generally considered to be weak. 5. Each paper should contain the following sections: Restatement and clarification of the problem: State in your own words what you are going to do. Explain assumptions and rationale/justification: Emphasize the assumptions that bear on the problem. Clearly list all variables used in your mode