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Published online 14 January 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030113-1

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Mathematicians find path less travelled

Simulation of Grand Canyon rafting helps manage overcrowding in the wild.

Adventurers looking for the white-water wilderness experience might benefit from a dry run on a computer, says mathematician Catherine Roberts of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Roberts has developed the Grand Canyon River Trip Simulator (GCRTSim).

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