Mathematical Sciences: Seventh International Conference on Random Structures and Algorithms- May 16-20, 1995

该奖项为将于1995年5月16日至20日在亚特兰大举行的第七届随机结构和算法国际会议提供支助。本次会议的目的是介绍随机离散结构、随机算法以及离散数学和计算机科学中概率方法的广泛应用领域的最新研究，并确定和探索进一步发展的新方向。除了对数学的内在兴趣外，这些领域在诸如通信可靠性、神经网络、渗透和聚合过程以及DNA测序等主题中有许多应用。这项研究属于组合学的一般领域。组合学试图找到有效的方法来研究如何组织离散集合。离散系统的行为对现代通信极为重要。例如，大型网络的设计，如电话系统，以及计算机科学中的算法设计都处理离散的对象集，这就利用了组合研究。

This award provides support for the Seventh International Conference on Random Structures and Algorithms which will be held in Atlanta on May 16-20, 1995. The aim of this meeting is to present recent research, and to identify and explore new directions for further development, in random discrete structures, randomized algorithms and broad areas of application of probabilistic methods in discrete mathematics and computer science. In addition to the intrinsic interest of the mathematics, these fields have numerous applications to such subjects as the reliability of communication, neural networks, percolation and polymerization processes, and sequencing DNA. This research is in the general area of Combinatorics. Combinatorics attempts to find efficient methods to study how discrete collections can be organized. The behavior of discrete systems is extremely important to modern communications. For example, the design of large networks, as in telephone systems, and the design of algorithms in computer science all deal with discrete sets of objects, and this makes use of combinatorial research.