2009年美国数学建模竞赛(MCM)试题A.pdf

Judges Commentary: Trac Circles Kelly Black April 15, 2009 Kelly Black is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Clarkson University. He received his undergraduate de- gree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his Masters and Ph.D. from the Applied Mathematics pro- gram at Brown University. He has wide ranging research interests including laser simulations, ecology, and spectral methods for the approximation of partial dierential equations. Contents 1 Overview of the Problem 2 2 Trac Circles 2 2.1 The Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2 Technical Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Grading Process 4 3.1 Initial Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2 Screening Round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.3 Final Rounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 Approaches 5 4.1 Deterministic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4.2 Stochastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 Common Themes 7 5.1 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.2 Grammar, Punctuation, and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.3 Proper Citations .