MCM: The Mathematical Contest in Modeling
ICM: The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling

PROBLEM B: Searching for a lost plane

Recall the lost Malaysian flight MH370. Build a generic mathematical model that could assist "searchers" in planning a useful search for a lost plane feared to have crashed in open water such as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, or Arctic Ocean while flying from Point A to Point B. Assume that there are no signals from the downed plane. Your model should recognize that there are many different types of planes for which we might be searching and that there are many different types of search planes, often using different electronics or sensors. Additionally, prepare a 1-2 page non-technical paper for the airlines to use in their press conferences concerning their plan for future searches.

回想一下失联了的马来西亚航班MH370。建立一个通用的数学模型，可以为恐已坠毁的失联飞机规划一个有用的模型以辅助“搜索者”在开阔水域搜索，例如大西洋，太平洋，印度洋，南或北冰洋，这里假设从A点飞行到B点。假定没有从被击落的飞机信号。你们建立的模型应认识到，当我们搜索的时候，可能有许多不同的飞机型号，并且由于经常使用不同的电子器件或传感器，会有不同类型的搜救飞机。另外，准备一个1-2页的非技术论文，为航空公司在其新闻发布会上提出自己未来的搜寻计划。

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