1999年美國大學生數(shù)學建模競賽題目

1、本文格式為 本文格式為 Word 版，下載可任意編輯 版，下載可任意編輯— 1 —1999 1999 年美國大學生數(shù)學建模競賽題目 年美國大學生數(shù)學建模競賽題目 1999 年美國大學生數(shù)學建模競賽題目 Problem A: Deep Impact For some time, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been considering t

2、he consequences of a large asteroid impact on the earth. As part of the effort, your team has been asked to consider the effects of such an impact were the asteroid to land in Antarctica. There are concerns that an impa

3、ct there could have considerable different consequences than one striking elsewhere on the planet. You are to assume that an asteroid is on the order of 1,000 m in diameter, and that it strikes the Antarctic continent d

4、irectly at the South Pole. Your team has been asked to provide an assessment of the impact of such an asteroid. In particular, NASA would like an estimate of the amount and location of likely human casualties from the i

5、mpact, an estimate of the damage done to the food production regions in the oceans of the southern hemisphere, and an estimate of possible coastal flooding caused by large-scale melting of the Antarctic polar ice sheet.

6、 Problem B: Unlawful Assembly 本文格式為 本文格式為 Word 版，下載可任意編輯 版，下載可任意編輯— 3 —challenged by parties with interests in increasing the capacity. Write an article for the local newspaper defending your analysis. Problem C: Grou

7、nd Pollution Background Several practically important but theoretically difficult mathematical problems pertain to the assessment of pollution. One such problem consists in deriving accurate estimates of the locat

8、ion and amount of pollutants seeping inaccessibly underground, and the location of their source, on the basis of very few measurements taken only around, but not necessarily directly in, the suspected polluted region.

9、Example The data set (an Excel file at http:// .comap.com/mcm/procdata.xls, downloadable into most spreadsheets) shows measurements of pollutants in underground water from 10 monitoring wells (MW) from 1990 to 199