Real time crowd analysis represents an active area of research within the computer vision
community in general and scene analysis in particular. Over the last 10 years, various …

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 …

Core decomposition is a fundamental graph problem with a large number of applications.
Most existing approaches for core decomposition assume that the graph is kept in memory …

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 …

Groups of pedestrians like family members and friends normally move slower than others
and therefore act as a virtual barrier and slow down the crowd. In this paper we present our …

Cellular automata models have been extensively used for simulating pedestrian
movements. One weakness of this type of models, is the size of the cells which is mostly …

Mass gatherings (MGs) are common phenomena with diverse crowd types and inherent
problems, which need to be managed according to their level of complexity and potential of …

Tens of millions of people visit every year the Grand Mosque in Makkah for Hajj and Umrah.
Making Tawaf (circumambulating the Ka'ba) is an essential rite in Hajj and Umrah. During …

Millions of Muslims gather in the holy city of Makkah annually to perform Hajj (Pilgrimage), a
religious obligation for every affording individual. Ramy is a ritual of Hajj in which every …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a profound impact on large-scale gatherings
throughout the world. Social distancing has become one of the most common measures to …