COMPUTER SIMULATION OF A POLICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 28
• Author(s): N HAUSER; G R GORDON
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 155 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-030
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STRUCTURE, IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS OF SEVERAL COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS OF THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Abstract

COMPUTER SIMULATION ALLOWS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF A RESPONSE SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE POLICIES WITHIN THE RESTRAINTS OF RESOURCES. IT MAY ALSO PREDICT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS RESULTING FROM CHANGES IN THE NATURE OR DEGREE OF THOSE RESOURCE INPUTS AND ALLOW FOR MORE RESPONSIVE PLANNING.