Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Containing the spread of crime in urban societies remains a major challenge. Empirical
evidence suggests that, if left unchecked, crimes may be recurrent and proliferate. On the …

This paper proposes a review focused on exotic chemotaxis and cross-diffusion models in
complex environments. The term exotic is used to denote the dynamics of models interacting …

From 'connecting the dots' and finding 'the needle in the haystack'to predictive policing and
data mining for counterinsurgency, security professionals have increasingly adopted the …

The spontaneous emergence of patterns in nature, such as stripes and spots, can be
mathematically explained by reaction-diffusion systems. These patterns are often referred as …

Chemotaxis is a fundamental guidance mechanism of cells and organisms, responsible for
attracting microbes to food, embryonic cells into developing tissues, immune cells to …

In the current economic climate, many police agencies have reduced resources, especially
personnel, with a consequential increase in workload and deterioration in public safety. A …

Real-time crime forecasting is important. However, accurate prediction of when and where
the next crime will happen is difficult. No known physical model provides a reasonable …

This study demonstrates that computational modeling and, in particular, agent‐based
modeling (ABM) offers a viable compatriot to traditional experimental methodologies for …

Abstract The Police Districting Problem (PDP) concerns the efficient and effective design of
patrol sectors in terms of performance attributes such as workload, response time, etc. A …