Optimizing Police Facility Locations Based on Cluster Analysis and the Maximal Covering Location Problem

• Published in: Applied system innovation Vol. 5; no. 4; p. 74
• Main Authors: Borba, Bruno Ferreira da Costa, de Gusmão, Ana Paula Henriques, Clemente, Thárcylla Rebecca Negreiros, Nepomuceno, Thyago Celso Cavalcante
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Cluster analysis; Customer services; Decision making; Efficiency; Emergency services; Expenditures; geographic information system; Geographic information systems; Information management; management information system; Management information systems; maximal covering location problem; Operations research; Optimization; Police; police facility location; Response time; Security; Site selection; Spatial distribution; Urban areas; Brazil

Planning and defining places for the installation of police facilities are fundamental to improving the public security service in the urban space. Geographic Information Systems connecting the spatial distribution of police occurrences, budgetary restrictions, and the maximum distance covered are s...