Mathematical modeling of college students is to establish a mathematical model according to practical problems, solve the mathematical model, and then solve practical problems according to the results.

Competition topics generally come from practical problems in the fields of science and engineering technology, humanities and social sciences (including economic management) which have been properly simplified and handled. Participants are not required to master in-depth professional knowledge in advance, but only need to study basic mathematics courses in colleges and universities. The topic has great flexibility, allowing participants to exert their creative ability.

Participants should complete a paper (that is, an answer sheet) including the hypothesis of the model, the establishment and solution, the design and computer realization of the calculation method, the analysis and test of the results, and the improvement of the model. Competition awards are based on the rationality of assumptions, the creativity of modeling, the correctness of results and the clarity of text expression.

Competition form, rules and discipline:

1, the competition is held once a year, the competition topics are unified throughout the country, and the communication competition method is adopted.

2. College students participate in the competition in the form of teams, with no more than 3 people in each team (they must belong to the same school), and their majors are not limited. The competition is divided into undergraduate and specialist groups. Undergraduate students participate in undergraduate group competitions, junior college students participate in specialist group competitions (or participate in undergraduate group competitions), and graduate students are not allowed to participate. Each team may have at most one instructor or a group of teachers, who are engaged in pre-competition counseling and organizing competitions, but may not give guidance or participate in discussions during the competition.

3. During the competition, players can use all kinds of books (including online public information), computers and software, but each team must solve the competition problems independently.

4. After the competition starts, the competition topics will be published on the designated website for each team to download, and each team will complete the answers within the specified time and hand in the papers on time as required.

5. Participating institutions should instruct relevant functional departments to be responsible for the organization and discipline supervision of the competition to ensure the standardization and fairness of the competition.