(1). You (the student) are required to solve ONE of the two projects of mathematical modelling on the following pages and write up your work into a report.

(2). You are advised to restate the question, make appropriate assumptions, develop proper mathematical models with persuasive reasoning, calculate or compute, with programming code, the solutions, analyse or interpret the results, draw conclusions, and outline possible   future work.

(3). You could make use of any knowledge you learnt in or out of the class. Make sure to include references you have consulted and cite content properly in the context.

(4). You should write in a professional way with appropriate usage of various settings of format, such as sections, subsections, paragraphs, table of contents, references, appendices (computer programming code or else), figures, tables, lists, etc. Your report should include one page of summary and be of at least 5 pages of A4 paper with proper font, line spacing, margins, etc., but not exceed 25 pages.

(5). You may goto LM Core Archive 2022-23 / Mathematical Modelling page (see the link below; the self-enrolment key is mm@XJTLU2006 if you were the first time to access it) to  find award-winning papers of MCM/ICM for your reference of writing structure, style, etc.

https://core-archive22-23.xjtlu.edu.cn/course/view.php?id=5685

(6). You could prepare your report with any software, such as MS Word, LaTeX, or the like. But be sure to finish everything in a single PDF document. An MCM/ICM LaTeX template is provided for your reference on the module page of MTH022 of LM Core.

(7). You are required to submit the PDF report to the provided link ‘Assignment Essay Submission’ on the module page of MTH022 of LM Core, by the due time 17:00, Thursday, 06 June 2024. Please do not submit any other supportive files.