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MELDEN: An Android Based Mobile Crime Reporting Application Using Crowdsourcing

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Among the most common crimes in the Philippines are theft, physical assault and robbery. Melden is an Android Based mobile crime reporting application that uses crowdsourcing to allow individuals to report various street crime with the reports directing to barangay officials. With the use of cross-referencing for validation of reports, the application aims for an easier, faster and reliable way of reporting of incidents to the barangay officials. The applications help with both the reporting of incidents and in gathering information about the incidents.

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      ICIBE '19: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Industrial and Business Engineering
      September 2019
      398 pages
      ISBN:9781450376532
      DOI:10.1145/3364335

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