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False-alarm handling cost
Difference in false alerts × handling minutes × days ÷ 60, as hours and capacity value.
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Nuisance alert workload
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The honest test is over a fortnight on your own footage: useful alerts, nuisance alerts and anything missed, counted together.
How it is calculated
Hours = Δalerts × minutes × days ÷ 60.
Worked example
40 false alerts a day falling to 6, three minutes each, 30 days, at ₹300 an hour.
1,020 alerts avoided, 51 hours released, worth ₹15,300 as capacity.
Formula version 1.0.0. Reviewed 23 September 2026.
What this does not tell you
Fewer alerts must come from better classification, not from switching off detection or shrinking coverage.
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