rgeoprofile (version 0.2.2)

cmd_pred: Calculation of Center of Minimum Distance for Geographic Profiling

Description

A calculation of the center of minimum distance for serial crime analysis. This function is among the centrographic methods which have been used for geographic profiling. The model assumes that the serial perpetrator's home base is relatively central among the crime incidents.

Usage

cmd_pred(lat, lon)

Arguments

lat

a vector of latitudes for the crime incident series

lon

a vector of latitudes for the crime incident series

Value

A latitude and longitude point of the center of minimum distance of the incidents. This mean can be used to prioritize the area which contains the offender's anchor point.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
#Using provided dataset for the Boston Strangler Incidents:
data(desalvo)
cmd_pred(desalvo$lat, desalvo$lon)
# }