These awards are abbreviated as O, F, M, H, S and U respectively. For example, in the result of 20 18, the O prize accounts for 0.16%; F prize accounts for 0.22%; M prize accounts for 9.74%; H prize accounts for 36. 1%.
Those who have won the S prize are basically 100%. As long as they successfully submit papers that stay on topic, they will surely win the S prize. The U prize will be awarded to those teams that are found to have plagiarized, violated the rules and failed to submit their papers within the specified time, so the data of these two awards will not be mentioned.
To emphasize, the F prize refers to the team that entered the grand prize competition but didn't win the grand prize. From the data, it is found that there are very few teams that can enter the F prize, and it is even more difficult to win the O prize further.
Development history
1985 established an annual university-level competition called "Mathematical Modeling Competition" with the support of the American Science Foundation. The purpose of MCM is to encourage university teachers and students to clarify, analyze and propose solutions to various practical problems with uncertain scope. Through this structure, teachers and students are encouraged to actively participate, and the process of building a complete model is emphasized.
This is a completely open game. Only a few practical problems from any field are unlimited every year. Students take part in the competition in groups of three, choose a problem within four days, complete the whole process of mathematical modeling of practical problems, and write a paper on the restatement, simplification, hypothesis and rationality of the problem, the establishment and solution of the mathematical model (and software), the test and improvement, the advantages and disadvantages of the model and the self-evaluation of its possible application scope.
A review team composed of experts will review outstanding papers and give some rewards. Its prohibition is that during the competition, it is forbidden to discuss the competition topic with anyone outside the team (including the instructor), but you can use any books, online materials, any type of computer and software, etc. It provides a broad space for participating students to give full play to their creativity.
In the first MCM, there were 90 teams from 70 universities in the United States, up to 1992, and 292 teams from 189 universities in the United States and other countries.
According to the organizer's announcement, the 20 19 American Mathematical Modeling Competition attracted 25,370 teams from 7 countries and regions around the world, including the United States and China, and it has become an international competition with extremely wide influence.