Judges' Commentary: The Outstanding Kidney Exchange Papers.

The article discusses the process of judging at the 2007 Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) of the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP). The competing teams created mathematical models to tackle real world issues on the U.S. kidney transplant system. The judges assessed the papers on three important areas including the effective use of current information regarding the U.S. organ transplant network, appropriateness of model use, and integration of various disciplines including mathematics, science, and ethical principles. The article also discusses the criteria for the outstanding papers and the problems regarding plagiarism.