Hajj is one of the largest mass gatherings where Muslims from all over the world gather in
Makah each year for pilgrimage. A mass assembly of such scale bears a huge risk of …

Development of crowd evacuation systems is a challenge due to involvement of complex
interrelated aspects, diversity of involved individuals and/or environment, and lack of direct …

The increasing interest in complex phenomena, especially in crowd and pedestrian
dynamics, has conditioned the demand not only for more sophisticated autonomous models …

Hajj is a mass gathering event that takes place annually in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Typically,
around three million people participate in the event and perform rituals that involve their …

In recent years crowd modeling has become increasingly important both in the computer
games industry and in emergency simulation. This paper discusses some aspects of what …

We present a novel automated technique for the quantitative validation and comparison of
multi-agent based crowd egress simulation systems. Despite much progress in the …

To improve safety at mass events, an evacuation assistant that supports security services in
case of emergencies is developed. One central aspect is forecasting the emergency egress …

This article surveys the state-of-the-art crowd simulation techniques and their selected
applications, with its focus on our recent research advances in this rapidly growing research …

First responders and security personnel face many challenges to safely evacuate crowded
environments. Conducting frequent physical and table-top exercises are neither feasible nor …

Traffic and pedestrian dynamics communities often use a standard qualitative classification,
namely, level of service (LoS), to describe the relationship between the crowd flow and …