I suggest reading classic books. In fact, many introductory books are written according to classic books. I think modeling books can be understood without any knowledge, but you should know the basic principles and ideas, so that learning will be more effective. Regarding the information, the first is the knowledge of mathematical modeling. Some excellent books at the master level must be read:

(1) Mathematical model Jiang Qiyuan, Xie Jinxing, Alfred Higher Education Press.

(2) Selected Cases of Mathematical Modeling Jiang Qiyuan and Xie Jinxing Higher Education Press.

(3) Practical Operations Research: Models, Methods and Calculations, edited by Han Chonggeng/June 5438+February 2007/Tsinghua University Publishing House.

Mathematical software such as Matlab and lingo is needed to solve the model. Now there are many books about Matlab, which are suitable for mathematical modeling. The following books are not bad:

(1) MATLAB 7.0 from entry to proficiency (revised edition) edited by Liu Baozhu, Su Yanhua and Zhang Honglin/2010 May/People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House.

(2) LINDO/LINGO Software for Optimal Modeling edited by Xie Jinxing and Yi Xue/July 2005/Tsinghua University Publishing House.

There is also a new book that I think is very powerful in participating in the mathematical modeling competition:

Application of matlab in mathematical modeling, edited by Zhuo Jinwu, Wei Yongsheng, Qin Jian and Li Biwen, published by Beihang Press.

These authors have participated in the modeling competition, and they have a lot of experience in the book, the Matlab source program developed in the actual modeling competition, and the original award-winning papers. I think it should be very enlightening to those who take part in the mathematical modeling competition.