UMAP Journal 18.3, Fall 1997 - The 1997 MCM Contest Edition

Table of Contents:

PUBLISHER'S EDITORIAL
Full Plate

MODELING FORUM
Results of the 1997 Mathematical Contest in Modeling

THE VELOCIRAPTOR PROBLEM
Pursuit-Evasion Games in the Late Cretaceous
The Geometry and the Game Theory of Chases
Gone Huntin': Modeling Optimal Predator and Prey Strategies
Lunch on the Run
A Three-Phase Model for Predator-Prey Analysis
Judge's Commentary: The Outstanding Velociraptor Papers

THE MIX WELL FOR FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS PROBLEM
An Assignment Model for Fruitful Discussions
Using Simulated Annealing to Solve the Discussion Groups Problem
Meetings, Bloody Meetings!
A Greedy Algorithm for Solving Meeting Mixing Problems
Judge's Commentary: The Outstanding Discussion Groups Papers
Practitioner's Commentary: The Outstanding Discussion Groups Papers