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Juan Gelvez

Juan Gelvez

PhD Student, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Government and Politics

Research Expertise

Colombia
Comparative Politics

Publications

Predicting crime in middle-size cities. A Machine Learning model in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Machine learning strategies to predict crime tested in mid-size cities in Colombia.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Author/Lead: Juan Gelvez
Non-ARHU Contributor(s): María Paula, Nieto-Rodríguez & Carlos-Andrés Rocha-Ruiz
Dates:

Crime prediction models are a useful tool for building prevention strategies in major cities. However, there are limitations for its application in intermediate cities, which have little information. This paper offers an effective computational strategy for crime prediction.