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For office use only T1 ________________ T2 ________________ T3 ________________ T4 ________________ Team Control Number46 ? Problem ChosenC For office use only F1 ________________ F2 ________________ F3 ________________ F4 ________________ 2003 Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) Summary Sheet (Attach a copy of this page to each copy of your solution paper.) Type a summary of your results on this page. Do not includethe name of your school, advisor, or team members on this page. Summary New laws will soon mandate 100% screening of all checked bags at the 429 airports throughout the United States by explosive detection systems (EDSs). Under this condition, we are tasked to determine the number of EDSs needed and the strategy to schedule the flights. Moreover, the necessity of the supplements with explosive trace detection (ETD) machines should be studied. We consider tasks 1 and 3 as a major problem and a model of queue service system could represent it. By studying a general queue service system, we obtain the relationship between number of passengers and devices required. Furthermore, criteria for evaluating the queue service system are developed. Security of flight, expenditure of airport and average time for passengers waiting are primary factors that determine the quality of service. Adapting the conclusions obtained to Airports A B, we develop a feasible strategy to schedule the flights. Using both theoretical method and dynamical computer simulation, we obtain that 41 EDSs are required in Airport A and the average time spent on waiting is 14.865 minutes per passenger; 44 EDSs are required in Airport B and the average time spent on waiting is 14.473 minutes per passenger. Based on the analysis of the conclusions and results obtained, to accomplish task 2, 4, and 6, we write a position paper on security-related objectives, a recommendation about the screening process and a memo explaining how to adapt our models to other airports and flights. To fulfil