An information processing model of a police organization

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A process-oriented model for analyzing the way in which police organizations make economic decisions is presented. Police forces are assumed to be information processing systems having activities linked in a communication network. Decisions are investigated by analyzing the way in which police organizations sense, learn about, and provide a solution for a group of criminal events. Information processing activities are modeled using search theory, and search theory is also used to investigate the value of unit memory, communication between units, and the coordination of at least two units. The units and activities in a police force simulation are linked by a computer model. Examples are presented to demonstrate the concepts of the model-building technique.

Police protection, Usage, Police administration, Police departments, Criminal investigation, Human information processing, Search theory

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The relationship between shareholding concentration and shareholder voting power in British companies: a study of the application of power indices for simple games

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There is no correlation between power concentration measures and company size in a sample of British firms. An analysis of relationships between shareholding and voting power distributions confirms this. The methodology was to use the standard Shapley-Shubik and Banzhaf games. These power indices indicate that power is always more concentrated than ownership. A comparison of the two reveals that the Banzhaf index gives a more concentrated power distribution. The Shapley Shubik index defines the power ratio of the largest shareholder as the size of holding and concentration of the remainder.

United Kingdom, Analysis, Stockholders, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Corporations, Investor relations, Voting, Control (Psychology), Great Britain, Corporations, British

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A Differential Games Solution to a Model of Competition Between a Thief and the Police

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An optimum control model is used to produce a dynamic competitive solution to a game between a thief and the police. The model is described and several equations and some graphs are given, including a phase diagram of the Nash-optimal trajectories. As admitted in the text, the assumptions are 'rather simplistic'; however, some strategies for the thief and the police are produced by the model and are discussed. The adaption to a product market entrance is described.

Management science, Law enforcement, Computer strategy games, Strategic Planning, Competition, Government, Decision Models, Market Entry, Strategy Game

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