Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Makkah, is one of the most massive gathering events in the
world. It is a mandatory religious activity, once in a lifetime for every sane well-off Muslim …

Hajj and Umrah are Muslims' religious pilgrimages to Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Hajj is
considered the largest annual gathering in the world. In Islam, every adult is obligated to …

Hajj and Umrah are holy events performed by millions of Muslim pilgrims every year.
Management of such events is a real challenge. This paper proposes a modular framework …

With the advancement of social sensing technologies, digital maps have recently witnessed
a tremendous evolution with the aim of integrating enriched semantic layers from …

Crowdsourcing offers great opportunities to recognise user context and prescribe relevant
services for both offline and real-time activities. In this work, we present a zoning model that …

Cultural diversity of large crowds is one of the major concerns when participants overstep
the predefined guidelines. Such behaviors eradicate crowds' safety, resulting massive …

Reduced cost and increased proliferation of sensors has resulted in the generation of a
large amount of data. To make use of this data effectively, efficient techniques for collecting …

Traffic analysis of vehicles in densely populated areas and places of public gathering can
provide interesting insights into crowd behavior. Hajj is a spatio-temporally bound religious …

Publicly available data is increasing rapidly, and will continue to grow with the advancement
of technologies in sensors, smartphones and the Internet of Things. Data from multiple …

Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Makkah, is one of the most massive gathering events in the
world. It is a mandatory religious activity, once in a lifetime for every sane well-off Muslim …