UMAP Journal 25.3 Fall 2004 Edition - The 2004 MCM Contest Edition

Table of Contents:

PUBLISHER'S EDITORIAL
The Good Fight

SPECIAL SECTION ON THE MCM
Results of the 2004 Mathematical Contest in Modeling
The Myth of "The Myth of Fingerprints"
Can't Quite Put Our Finger On It
Not Such a Small Whorl After All
Rule of Thumb: Prints Beat DNA
Judge's Commentary: The Outstanding Fingerprints Papers
Practitioner's Commentary: The Outstanding Fingerprints Papers
Editor's Commentary: Fingerprint Identification
A Myopic Aggregate-Decision Model
Theme-Park Queueing Systems
Developing Improved Algorithms for QuickPass Systems
KalmanQueue: An Adaptive Approach to Virtual Queueing
Theme Park Simulation with a Nash-Equilibrium-Based Visitor Behavior Model
Judges' Commentary: The Quick Pass Fusaro Award Paper