RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES

• NCJ Number: 14202
• Author(s): R C LARSON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 12 pages
• Grant Number(s): GI38004
• Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT SYM ON RES APPLIED TO NATL NEEDS (RANN), NATL SCIENCE FOUND, DC, NOV 18-20, 1973

Annotation

A RESEARCH REPORT TREATING EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL AND SIMULATION MODELS, AND EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF NEW CRITERIA, METHODOLOGIES, AND TECHNOLOGIES ON CRIME RATING SCHEMES.

Abstract

USING GEOMETRIC PROBABILITY, MULTISERVER QUEING THEORY, AND NETWORKS AND ALGORITHMS, THE RESEARCH INTENDS TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE, APPROXIMATELY EQUALIZE WORNLOAD PER CAR, AND PROVIDE ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF STREET TIME FOR PATROL. SIMULATION MODELS ARE IN USE IN BOSTON, CAMBRIDGE, AND QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, AND IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NEW YORK CITY.