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     COLLOQUIUM OF THE COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE CENTER
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           THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL & DATA SCIENCES
                            (CSI 898-Sec 001)
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    Determining Optimal Police Patrol Areas with Maximal Covering 
                  and Backup Covering Location Models

                          Kevin Curtin
         Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science and, 
            Department of Computational and Data Sciences 
               George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 

In this talk I will  present a new method for determining efficient spatial 
distributions of police patrols in a metropolitan region. A mathematical model 
called the police patrol area covering (PPAC) model is formulated and solved. 
The method uses inputs of police geography (divisions, sectors, beats, and 
response areas) within a geographic information systems (GIS) framework, 
analyzes that data through an optimal covering model formulation, and provides 
alternative optimal solutions for presentation to decision makers. The goals 
of this research are to increase the level of police service in the face of 
variation in both the demand for police services and the availability of 
police resources. Examples of the inputs from - and outputs to - GIS are 
provided through a pilot study of the city of Dallas, Texas.

                           November 30, 2015
                               4:30 pm
                    Exploratory Hall, room 3301 
                          Fairfax Campus

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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