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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Friday, February 20, 11:30 am
Cullimore Lecture Hall II
New
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Modeling Crime with
Super-Simple Mathematics
Marcus Felson
Newark, NJ
Abstract
Professor Felson will first explain some basic misunderstandings people make
when trying to model crime. Then he will offer some
principles about how offenders look
for crime targets and how criminal acts occur in daily life. He will then offer
some simple
ideas for mathematical models of crime.