The role of strategic visibility in sha** wayfinding behavior in multilevel buildings

M Gath-Morad, J Grübel, K Steemers, K Sailer… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In this paper, we explore the mutual effect of prior background expectations and visibility
afforded by the 3D configuration of the physical environment on wayfinding efficiency and …

Agent-based modeling and the city: A gallery of applications

A Crooks, A Heppenstall, N Malleson, E Manley - Urban informatics, 2021 - Springer
Agent-based modeling is a powerful simulation technique that allows one to build artificial
worlds and populate these worlds with individual agents. Each agent or actor has unique …

Motivation moderates gender differences in navigation performance

VR Schinazi, D Meloni, J Grübel, DJ Angus… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Gender differences in navigation performance are a recurrent and controversial topic.
Previous research suggests that men outperform women in navigation tasks and that men …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the shortest-path: Towards cognitive occupancy modeling in BIM

M Gath-Morad, LEA Melgar, R Conroy-Dalton… - Automation in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current approaches to simulate occupants' wayfinding in AEC mostly employ direct routing
algorithms that assume global knowledge of the navigation environment to compute a …

Comparative analysis of pedestrian volume models: Agent-based models, machine learning methods and multiple regression analysis

L Wolpert, I Omer - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2025 - Elsevier
Pedestrian flow distributions can inform planning for walkability and improve understanding
of factors that influence pedestrian activity. However, detailed data is rarely available so …

Experiments as Code and its application to VR studies in human-building interaction

L Aguilar, M Gath-Morad, J Grübel, J Ermatinger… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Experiments as Code (ExaC) is a concept for reproducible, auditable, debuggable,
reusable, & scalable experiments. Experiments are a crucial tool to understand Human …

Fused twins: A cognitive approach to augmented reality media architecture

J Grübel, M Gath-Morad, L Aguilar, T Thrash… - Proceedings of the 5th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Recent advances in Augmented Reality (AR), the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing,
and Digital Twins transform the types, rates, and volume of information generated in …