Using Simulation to Develop and Validate Analytical Emergency Service Deployment Models,

Abstract

Simulation models are generally costly tools to use in systems analyses. Whenever applicable, a simple analytic model is preferable. However, in many cases, the conditions assumed by solvable analytic models do not hold in the real world. But a simulation can be used to suggest an approximate model and to determine how good an approximation an analytic model is. Simulations of New York City's fire and police operations were used to develop and validate simple analytic models that are now being used to analyze the deployment of resources in these two services.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA032099

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Ignall
  • Peter Kolesar
  • Warren E. Walker

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Science
  • Deployment
  • Emergencies
  • Fires
  • Goodness Of Fit Tests
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • New York
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Square Roots
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Validation

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.