Progress of IoT research technologies and applications serving Hajj and Umrah

MK Shambour, A Gutub - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2022 - Springer
The term IoT technology is associated with many fields, including scientific, commercial,
industrial, health, transportation and other fields, which became a necessity of daily life …

Digital revolution for Hajj crowd management: a technology survey

EA Felemban, FU Rehman, SAA Biabani… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

A deep-fusion network for crowd counting in high-density crowded scenes

SD Khan, Y Salih, B Zafar, A Noorwali - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
People counting has been investigated extensively as a tool to increase the individual's
safety and to avoid crowd hazards at public places. It is a challenging task especially in high …

Solving Hajj and Umrah Challenges Using Information and Communication Technology: A Survey

AJ Showail - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

A technology survey on IoT applications serving Umrah and Hajj

M Binsawad, M Albahar - Applied Computational Intelligence …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging technologies provide a highly compatible platform for analyzing substantial data
volumes relating to crowd management. These technologies are not only effective in …

Ultra large-scale crowd monitoring system architecture and design issues

Y Jiang, Y Miao, B Alzahrani, A Barnawi… - IEEE Internet of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a novel ultralarge-scale crowd monitoring system, namely, the ULCM
system. The ULCM system enables advanced sensing and networking technologies aimed …

A deep crowd density classification model for Hajj pilgrimage using fully convolutional neural network

MR Bhuiyan, J Abdullah, N Hashim, F Al Farid… - PeerJ Computer …, 2022 - peerj.com
This research enhances crowd analysis by focusing on excessive crowd analysis and crowd
density predictions for Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. Crowd analysis usually analyzes the …

The interaction between map complexity and crowd movement on navigation decisions in virtual reality

H Zhao, T Thrash, A Grossrieder… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A carefully designed map can reduce pedestrians' cognitive load during wayfinding and may
be an especially useful navigation aid in crowded public environments. In the present paper …

Smart street design for managing crowds in Hajj

AA Abi Sen, Y Alsaawy, A Alkhodre… - … on Computing for …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hajj is an annual pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia where over two and a half million
pilgrims attend. It is one of the most intense crowded events in the world. Unfortunately, Hajj …

LC-Net: Localized Counting Network for extremely dense crowds

TR Toha, NA Al-Nabhan, SI Salim, M Rahaman… - Applied Soft …, 2022 - Elsevier
Large mass gatherings such as pilgrimages, protests, etc., often pose serious challenges for
the crowd management personnel to maintain public safety and security especially in dense …