Title: Allocation of patrolmen in urban areas – a case study

Authors: Venkata Subbaiah Kambagowni; Kandukuri Narayana Rao; Seera Appala Naidu

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapanam 530 017, Andhra Pradesh, India. ' Department of Technical Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Government Polytechnic, Visakhapanam 530 007, Andhra Pradesh, India. ' Department of Technical Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Government Polytechnic, Visakhapanam 530 007, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract: In this paper, a Goal Programming model was proposed for optimal deployment of patrolmen in urban areas. To demonstrate the model, we focus on Visakhapatnam city as a case study, for allocating the patrolmen to various road segments in different shifts within the patrolling region. The city road segments were divided into (a) city-link road segments; (b) intra-city road segments; and (c) by-pass road segments. In this study, different goals such as total patrolmen, minimum shift requirement, total budget, estimated accident reduction and accident rate reduction in high accident-prone areas are considered. By considering these goals, four cases are formulated to allocate the patrolmen in each road segment and to each shift. In case 1, minimisation of all these goals is considered. Allocation of patrolmen in high accident-prone areas and accident rate reduction goals are minimised in case 2. Minimum shift requirement goal is considered in case 3. In case 4 total budget goal is considered.

Keywords: goal programming; services; road segments; link roads; patrolmen deployment; urban areas; modelling; shift allocation; accident-prone areas; accident rate reduction; urban patrol units; traffic violations; accidents; traffic patrols.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOI.2011.045557

International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics, 2011 Vol.6 No.4, pp.273 - 291

Accepted: 01 Oct 2011
Published online: 13 Mar 2015 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article