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A Mathematical Model to Measure the Minimum Efforts Required to Eradicate Violent Gang Crime

    PROF, ASOC - Majid Bani Yaghoub

    Contact Detail
    Dr. Majid Bani-Yaghoub
    baniyaghoubm@umkc.edu


    Description

    A compartmental modeling approach is employed to develop a deterministic model, which will represent the dynamics of violent gang crime and gang membership. The model will be used to determine the relative effectiveness of preventive and control measures including community-based interventions, community services, police efforts, and reform programs. Further analysis of the model will quantify the minimum efforts required for gang suppression and it will determine possible dynamics of gang membership and violent gang crimes.


    Location
    UMKC Department of Mathematics and Statistics


    Duites
    (1) strong knowledge of calculus, ordinary differential equation, matrix theory and linear algebra (2) quantitative, analytical and programming skills (preferably MATLAB, R, or Python) (3) background and/or interest in applied mathematics (4) ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written English. For more information visit: http://cas.umkc.edu/mathematics/amg/


    Project-related Tags
    Gang Models  Mathematical Modeling  


    Last Updated
    Jul 7, 2015


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