I’m very interested in this topic, but found the framing here difficult to follow. (I think in part, as Johann pointed out, because positive and negative impacts are combined into one graph.) As a person who hasn’t spent much time reading about math and related fields, equations like “ΠBob=MBob−FundingBob−CrimesBob” don’t make a lot of sense to me and require a bunch of scrolling around to remind myself what “ΠBob” is.
It might be easier to understand if a plainer-language summary were included under each equation.
I’m very interested in this topic, but found the framing here difficult to follow. (I think in part, as Johann pointed out, because positive and negative impacts are combined into one graph.) As a person who hasn’t spent much time reading about math and related fields, equations like “ΠBob=MBob−FundingBob−CrimesBob” don’t make a lot of sense to me and require a bunch of scrolling around to remind myself what “ΠBob” is.
It might be easier to understand if a plainer-language summary were included under each equation.
Sorry about the confusion. I hope the new notation makes it easier. (I’ve removed the graphs.)