HYPERCUBE QUEUING MODEL - PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

• NCJ Number: 44742
• Author(s): R C LARSON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 61 pages
• Contract Number(s): H-2164
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Housing and Urban Development; National Science Foundation
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; New York City-Rand Institute
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT CALCULATES SELECTED PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF EMERGENCY SERVICE SYSTEMS (POLICE, FIRE, AND MEDICAL) IS DESCRIBED.

Abstract

THE HYPERCUBE QUEUING MODEL, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN DESIGNING RESPONSE DISTRICTS FOR MOBILE UNITS, CONSISTS OF TWO VERSIONS -- AN EXACT MODEL AND AN APPROXIMATE MODEL. BOTH VERSIONS ARE INCORPORATED IN A SINGLE COMPUTER PROGRAM. THE REPORT PRESENTS A LISTING OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAM, WHICH MAY BE OF USE TO DATA-PROCESSING PERSONNEL IN MODIFYING OR KEYPUNCHING THE PROGRAM. A LIST OF REFERENCES AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE PROGRAM ARE INCLUDED. FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS, SEE NCJ-11696, 13979, 29825, AND 29826. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).