競賽中的幾點注意事項

mcm競賽中的幾點注意事項2011年12月10日mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題1、AgoodinsightintotheProblem.

●Modelerscanfrequentlygaincreditabilitybydemonstratingthattheyunderstandtheprobleminitscontext.（教師工資系統(tǒng)）

●Theirsectionson“PracticalConsiderations”and“WhatCharacterizesaGoodEvaluationMethod”demonstratedaclearunderstandingoftheproblem.（分數(shù)膨脹問題）

mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題●Thesubmissionsthatwentbeyondthestatedproblemandstayedtruetotheoriginalgoalreceivedthemostattentionfromthejudges.Suchpapersshowedcreativeandoriginalthought,andtheytrulystoodapartfromtherest.Moreover,theyshowedthedeepestunderstandingofthetaskathand.（自行車輪子問題）

mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題2、Asolid“kernel”.

●Judgesfavoredpapersthatprovideaclearproofthattheirlabelingsareoptimalforgeneralk.Thebestproofsthatwereadwereimpressive,suchastheonebytheteamfromtheNationalUniversityofDefenceTechnology.ThatpaperisamongthosethatmadetheinterestingobservationthatforgeneralkthereisanoptimallabelingforthearraysinPartAandBthatusesonlyninedifferentchannels—whichcouldbeusefulinsomeapplications.（通訊頻道分配）

mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題●ThepaperfromtheNationalUniversityofDefenseTechnology(pp.155–168)includesperhapsthemostcomprehensivereviewofhealthcaresystems,metrics,andissuesamongallsubmissions.Thepaperisalsonotableforthesensitivityanalysisofitsmodels.Further,thisteamcontinuestotietheirscienti?cknowledgethroughoutthepaper,resultinginexceptionalcomparisonsandevaluationofhealthcaresystemsbasedontheirmodels.（醫(yī)療保健系統(tǒng)評價）

mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題3、平衡意識：在理論與實際之間、宏觀把握與微觀分析之間以及此目標與彼目標之間tradeoff。

●whenfacedwithadecisioneithertopresentcomplicatedmathematicalanalysisononlyaportionoftheproblemorelsetoattemptacompletemodelingeffort,chosethelatter.（大碰撞）

●itwasextremelyimportanttobeabletochooseassumptionsthatdidnotmaketheproblemtoosimplebutstillrelevant.（自行車輪子問題）

mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題4、一個全面、協(xié)調(diào)的模型。

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itpresentedahigh-qualityapplicationofthecompletemodelingprocess;?itdemonstratednoteworthyoriginalityandcreativityintheirmodelingeffort;and?itwaswellwritten,inaclearexpositorystyle,makingitapleasuretoread.mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題6、做外部資源的主人。

●theexceptionalpapersprovidedconclusiveevidencethattheirteamshaddedicatedasubstantialamountoftimethinkingabouttheproblempriortostartingtheirquestforsupportinginformation.（大碰撞）

5、適當?shù)臄?shù)學證明，或推導。mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題●Unfortunately,asevidencedinmanypapers,teamsextractinginformationfromthesesiteswithoutfirstthinkingaboutanddiscussingtheproblemsoonfoundthemselvesunderthespellofthesiren,lulledintoamathematicalapproachthattheywerenotabletobringtosuccessfulclosureinthetimeallottedforthecompetition.（大碰撞）

mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題●Onekeytosuccessfulmodelbuildingistoadaptexistingtheoryormodelsproperlytotheproblemathand,whetherderivedorresearched,itisimperativetodemonstrateanunderstandingofthemodelyouareusing.（颶風時撤離問題）

mcm競賽中需要注意的幾個問題7、SimulationplayanimportantroleintheContest.

8、給出結(jié)果不是終點。應用模型、檢驗模型與給出模型同樣重要。

Whydoyouthinkyourmodelisgood?Againstwhatbaselinecanyoucompare/validateit?Howsensitiveisyourmodeltoslightchangesintheparametersyouhavechosen?(sensitivityanalysis)Completetheanalysiscircle:Areyourrecommendationspract