SEARCH THEORY

• NCJ Number: 13669
• Author(s): P M MORSE
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 82 pages
• Grant Number(s): GI38004
• Contract Number(s): DAHC04-20-C-0058
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of the Army; National Science Foundation
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SET OF ANALYTICAL AND SIMULATION MODELS ARE DEVELOPED FOR APPLICATIONS WHICH INCLUDE POLICE PREVENTIVE PATROL.

Abstract

IN THIS REPORT PROFESSOR MORSE PROVIDES A THOROUGH TOUR OF SEARCH THEORY FOR THE PLANNER WHO WISHES TO USE AND IMPLEMENT THE RESULTS. THE MATERIAL COVERS APPROXIMATELY THIRTY YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIELD, STEMMING FROM THE ORIGINAL U.S. NAVY OPERATIONS RESEARCH GROUP (1943), WHICH WAS HEADED BY PROFESSOR MORSE. ALTHOUGH THE VAST MAJORITY OF APPLICATIONS TO DATE HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, IT IS EXPECTED THAT MORE APPLICATIONS OF SEARCH THEORY CONCEPTS WILL APPEAR IN AN URBAN PUBLIC SAFETY SETTING. THESE COULD INCLUDE, FOR INSTANCE, ALLOCATION OF POLICE PREVENTIVE PATROL OR FIRE INSPECTORS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)