The American Mathematical Modeling Competition for College Students (also known as the World Mathematical Modeling for College Students and the International Mathematical Modeling for College Students) is an international competition for undergraduates. The topic types are Mathematical Modeling Competition (MCM) and Interdisciplinary Modeling Competition (ICM).
Mathematical modeling contest (MCM), commonly known as mathematical modeling contest, has three problems: A, B and C. A is a continuous problem, B is a discrete problem and C is a data processing problem. Most of them will give a lot of tabular data for data processing.
Interdisciplinary competition in modeling (ICM): commonly known as interdisciplinary competition, there are three questions: D, E and F. Different from mcm, the questions will give you some reference data, so that you can find the direction of data search as soon as possible. Problem D is a subject of operational research and network science. In recent years, topic E is a comprehensive topic about environment, and topic F is a topic about policy.
The significance of beauty contest
From the perspective of college students, beauty contest is a model contest that any subject can participate in. It tests students' ability to solve specific problems and cooperate in a short time. Maybe the modeling knowledge they usually learn is relatively rigid, but the beauty contest can make you feel how to apply tools to problems of all sizes in the world, how to be logical, how to observe each problem from the perspective of modeling, and how to search for information to improve and supplement your conclusions in a short time.
If you can find the right teammates, as long as you have the right time, even if you just feel the charm of the model, it is worthwhile to participate in an American competition.