A Queuing-Linear Programming Approach to Scheduling Police Patrol Cars (original) (raw)

This research paper presents a quantitative methodology for optimizing police patrol car scheduling, aiming to enhance service availability while minimizing the number of cars deployed. By employing a queueing theory framework, the model estimates hourly patrol car requirements and formulates an integer linear programming approach to generate effective patrol schedules. Additionally, a time-dependent queueing model is utilized to evaluate these schedules, ensuring they meet desired performance standards.