Title

Crowd Dynamics Simulation Research

Keywords

Crowd; Ethnicity; Multicultural; Panic; Social force model

Abstract

This paper reports on research aimed at providing a more realistic simulation model of crowd behavior under both panic and non-panic conditions by modifying the Helbing-Molnar-Farkas-Vicsek (HMFV) model. Such simulations will be of great value both in operational and training contexts. Many operations deal with crowd control and accurate simulations of crowd dynamics. The approach is based on a Social Force Model which consists of two components: social interaction and physical interaction. The social interaction relies on an individual's desire for personal space and the physical interaction consists of body compression and friction. Ongoing research is aimed at the explicit incorporation of gender, ethnicity, age, and cultural differences as factors in the model to ensure broad applicability of the research to crowd control in nations other than the U.S.

Publication Date

8-27-2012

Publication Title

16th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation 2007, BRIMS

Volume

2

Number of Pages

756-763

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84865215469 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84865215469

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