本书由高等教育出版社和美国数学及应用联合会(COMAP)合作出版，由美国大学生数学建模竞赛(MCM/ICM)评委亲自编写，竞赛主席做序并推荐。书中对竞赛题目分析清晰透彻，对Outstanding Winners论文点评言简意赅，英文流畅纯正，表述简明易懂，读者可以从中深入体会竞赛的主旨以及竞赛问题的精髓。
本书共包括5章，第1、2章为MCM/ICM竞赛简介和赛前准备，第3~5章分别为2014年MCM/ICM竞赛3个题目的分析与解答：靠右行驶规则的交通流量问题、教练评选问题以及使用网络评测影响力问题。
本书实用性强，可供参加美国大学生数学建模竞赛的读者参考使用。读者既可以了解掌握各种建模方法，也可以培养用英文进行写作与思考。
本书内容新颖、实用性强，目前国内尚无同类作品。本书可作为指导学生参加美国大学生数学建模竞赛的主讲教材，也可作为本科生、研究生学习和准备全国大学生、研究生数学建模竞赛的参考书，同时也可供研究相关问题的教师和研究生参考使用。
Dr. Jay Belanger is a mathematics professor at Truman State University inKirksville, Missouri, USA. He received his PhD degree in Mathematics from PrincetonUniversity in 1987 and his BS degree in Mathematics from the University ofMichigan at Ann Arbor in 1983. He has published research papers in complex analysis,computational complexity theory, mathematical computing, and the historyof mathematics. He has judged for the MCM contest and co-authored two books inthe HEP series on MCM/ICM Contests Guides and Solutions. Since 2011 he hasserved as a member of the editorial board of the series.
Dr. Amanda Beecher is a mathematics professor at Ramapo College of NewJersey in Mahwah, New Jersey, USA. She received her PhD (2007), MS (2003), andBS (2001) degrees in Mathematics from the University at Albany, State Universityof New York. She publishes in commutative algebra. She taught at the United StatesMilitary Academy at West Point for three years, where she began involvement withthe MCM/ICM contests. She was a judge for the ICM contest over the past sevenyears, and wrote commentaries to provide teams with additional feedback for thepast four years. She was a final judge for the ICM Problem C in 2013 and 2014.She is serving as Head Judge for the 2015 ICM contest Problem D.
Dr. Jie Wang is Editor-in-Chief of the HEP book series on MCM/ICM ContestsGuides and Solutions and COMAP`s Director for China Partnerships. He isProfessor and Chair of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts inLowell, Massachusetts, USA. He has written problems for the MCM and served asa final judge multiple times, including ICM 2014. He received his PhD degree inComputer Science from Boston University in 1990, MS degree in Computer Sciencefrom Zhongshan University in 1985, and BS degree in Computational Mathematics
from Zhongshan University in 1982. His research interests include big data modelingand applications, algorithms and computational optimization, and networksecurity. His research has been funded continuously by the National Science Foundationsince 1991. IBM, Intel, Google, and the Natural Science Foundation of Chinaalso funded his research. He has published over 160 journal and conference papers,6 books and 4 edited books. He is active in professional service, including chairingconference program committees, organizing workshops, and serving as an editor fora number of journals.
