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1、GiordanoAwardCommentary197Judges'Commentary:TheFrankGiordanoAw^ardfor2013MarieVaniskoDept.ofMafhematics,Engineering,andComputerScienceCarrollCollegeHelena,MT59625mvaniskoScarroll.eduRichardD.WestMathematicsDept.FrancisMarionUniversityFlorence,SC29501rwestSfma
2、rión.eduIntroductionTheFrankGiordanoAwardgoestoapaperthatdemonstratesaverygoodexampleofthemodelingprocess.Havingworkedonthecontestsinceitsinception,FrankGiordanoservedasContestDirectorfor20years.AsFranksays.Itwasmypleasuretoworkwithtalentedanddedicatedprofess
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5、paper,designatedasOutstanding,ischaracterizedbyahigh-qualityapplicationofthecompletemodelingpro-cess,includingassumptionswithclearjustificafions,awell-definedsimu-lation,acasestudy,andsensitivityanalysis.ThepapershowedoriginalityTheUMAPJournal34(2-3)(2013)197
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