Mathematical Models in the SEARCH 2005 Program
Problem Situation (Real World) |
Mathematics Used to Build Model |
| Scheduling Problems | Graphs, Proper Coloring of a Graph, Chromatic Polynomial, Birkhoff-Lewis Reduction Algorithm |
| The Game SET, Study of Epilepsy | Probability, Finite Geometry, Modular Arithmetic |
| Mars Rock Data | Tables, Percentages, Averages, Error Residuals, Systems of Linear Equations, Educated Guessing |
| Food for Long-term Exploration of Space | Non-Linear Functions and Formulas |
| Edge Coloring of Cubes | Logic, Geometry, Planar Graphs, Burnside Coloring Theorem |
| Design Structure for Experiments, Graphic Design on a Square Grid | Latin Squares, Orthogonal Latin Squares |