Patrol Car Allocation Model
Program Description
ResearchPublished 1975
Detailed documentation of the Patrol Car Allocation Model (PCAM), written for data processing personnel. Most users will need only the first two chapters describing installation procedures, file formats, core requirements, and minor program modifications. To permit substantial program modifications, the report also contains complete documentation, including a FORTRAN program listing with a detailed description of each subprogram. As listed and as distributed by RAND at cost of copying and postage, PCAM is set up to run in batch mode, with changes for interactive mode indicated. Storage required depends on the size of the user's database and the amount accessed at one time; directions are given for determining the core storage needed. A separate program used to calculate some of the data input is described and listed in an appendix. Other appendixes present a demonstration database, a program cross-reference table, and addresses for further information. (For a nontechnical overview of PCAM, see R-1786/1; for the user's manual, see R-1786/2.)
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
- Availability: Available
- Year: 1975
- Print Format: Paperback
- Paperback Pages: 190
- Paperback Price: $15.00
- Document Number: R-1786/3-HUD/DOJ
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Chaiken, Jan M. and Peter Dormont, Patrol Car Allocation Model: Program Description, RAND Corporation, R-1786/3-HUD/DOJ, 1975. As of September 14, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1786z3.html
Chaiken, Jan M. and Peter Dormont, Patrol Car Allocation Model: Program Description. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1975. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1786z3.html. Also available in print form.
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