ST LOUIS - USE OF SIMULATION IN PLANNING EXPANSION OF THE POLICE REAL-TIME MOTOR VEHICLE INQUIRY SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 2244
• Author(s): N B HELLER; R KOLDE
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 36 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 38TH NATL MEETING OF THE OPERATIONS RESEARCH SOCIETY OF AMERICA, DETROIT, MICHIGAN OCT 28-30, 1970

Annotation

STUDY DESIGNED TO SHOW USEFULNESS OF SIMULATION TO EVALUATE PROPOSED CHANGE IN MOTOR VEHICLE INQUIRY SYSTEM.

Abstract

A COMPUTER PROGRAM, CODED IN GPSS, HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO SIMULATE THE OPERATION OF THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REAL-TIME MOTOR VEHICLE INQUIRY SYSTEM. FOUR TYPES OF INQUIRIES ARE HANDLED - VEHICLE (OR LICENSE) CHECKS, AND ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS TO STORED INFORMATION. COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS, FOUR COMPUTERS, AND ELEVEN TERMINALS ARE EXPLICITLY REPRESENTED IN THE SIMULATOR. OTHER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT AND TYPES OF INQUIRIES ARE IMPLICITLY REPRESENTED. FOUR EXPERIMENTS WITH THE SIMULATOR ARE REPORTED. THESE INVOLVE CHANGES IN TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, THE MESSAGE ASSEMBLY PROCEDURE, THE PRIORITY SYSTEM, AND SYSTEM LOADING. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) BIBLIOGRAPHY