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The International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IMMC) (sometimes styled as IM2C) is an international competition for high school students in team mathematical modeling co-sponsored by COMAP〔(COMAP )〕 and the NeoUnion ESC Organization.〔(NeoUnion ESC )〕〔(International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics )〕 Teams are selected on a country-by-country basis, with each country sending its top two teams to the competition. The IMMC was inspired by the HiMCM, a similar contest sponsored by COMAP but mainly attracting teams within the United States.〔(HiMCM )〕 The HiMCM in turn was established in the 1990s to create a high school counterpart to COMAP’s MCM.〔(IMMC PowerPoint Posted on IMM Challenge Official Facebook Page )〕 Contestants in the IMMC are given five days to research (the contest permits the use of any inanimate source) and write a mathematical paper detailing their mathematical model for a given situation.〔(IMMC International Rules )〕 At the conclusion of the five day period, papers are sent to an international expert committee composed of mathematics faculty from the world’s leading universities. Traditionally, four teams are awarded the top designation of Outstanding and invited to an awards ceremony, held in a different country each year. ==Team Selection== Each participating country is expected to choose its two best teams of four contestants each to compete in the IMMC. Globally, different methods have been used to select teams from their respective countries. Hong Kong holds the contest early and allows any interested team to participate.〔(China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM) )〕 A national judging panel selects the two best papers to move on to the international round of the competition. In 2015, 60 papers came out of the Greater China region alone.〔(Hong Kong Polytechnic University - CAM Digest )〕 In 2015, the United States used a different qualification process, inviting the top two teams from the 2014 HiMCM to compete in the IMMC. For 2016, the United States will adopt a hybrid of Hong Kong’s approach and its own former approach: any team receiving a score of Meritorious or higher in the 2015 HiMCM (roughly 25% of competing teams) will be invited to compete in the 2016 IMMC. As in Hong Kong, the United States will hold the IMMC early, complete a national round of judging, and select the two best papers to move on to the international round.〔(IMMC USA Rules )〕 Most countries use a selection process similar to that used by Hong Kong, and countries entering the IMMC for the first time will also likely adopt a similar process.〔(University of Utrecht -- International Mathematical Modeling Challenge )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Mathematical Modeling Challenge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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