Understanding the principles and applications of crowd dynamics in mass gatherings is very
important, specifically with respect to crowd risk analysis and crowd safety. Historical trends …

Pedestrian and evacuation dynamics provide valuable insights into the understanding of
human collective motion and have important implications for architectural design, safety …

Purpose A crowd of pedestrians is a complex system in which individuals exhibit conflicting
behavioural mechanisms leading to self-organisation phenomena. Computer models for the …

Pedestrian crowds are not homogeneous. One common distinguishing characteristic is the
membership in social groups based on friendship or families, for example. It is important to …

An efficient handling of passengers is essential for reliable terminal processes. Since the
entire progress of terminal handling depends on the individual behavior of the passengers …

The development of pedestrian simulation systems requires the acquisition of empirical
evidences about human behaviour for sake of model validation. In this framework, the paper …

Multi-directional flows in pedestrian facilities involve several interactions and conflicts
among pedestrians. To understand how one reaches his/her destination in a crowd with …

Pedestrian groups are commonly found in crowds but research on their social aspects is
comparatively lacking. To fill that void in literature, we study the dynamics of collision …

As subway systems play a central role in connecting various modes of transport, such as
trains and airplanes, passengers with luggage cases have become common sight in subway …

This study focuses on social pedestrian groups in public spaces and makes an effort to
identify the type of social relation between the group members. As a first step for this …