VALIDATION OF A POLICE PATROL SIMULATION MODEL

• NCJ Number: 28579
• Author(s): T B CRABILL; W E WALKER; P KOLESAR
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 32 pages
• Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE RESULTS OF AN EMPIRICAL VALIDATION OF THE PATROL CAR SIMULATION MODEL THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE NEW YORK CITY RAND INSTITUTE FOR THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Abstract

IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE SIMULATION WAS AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF ITS FIELD OPERATIONS, AND COULD BE USED FOR ANALYZING POLICY DECISIONS, A VALIDATION EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED. FIELD OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE TO GATHER DATA ON ACTUAL EVENT SEQUENCES WHICH WERE THEN COMPARED WITH SIMULATION EVENT SEQUENCES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)