Modeling Urban Panic

[Alyx]

"Paul Torrens is someone after our hearts, for he has developed a realistic computer 3D model that can predict crowd behavior in various spatial configurations.

It can simulate, for instance, how people navigate through busy city streets, shoppers through urban shopping centers, and tourists through unfamiliar landscapes."

Seems like a very interesting idea, and some of the points they make in the article seem slightly useful. I wonder if we'll eventually see a DC project relating to this, small scale seems easy but the article mentions modeling for very large populations to simulate natural disasters, that might require more power.


?The goal of this project is to develop a reusable and behaviorally founded computer model of pedestrian movement and crowd behavior amid dense urban environments, to serve as a test-bed for experimentation,? says Torrens. ?The idea is to use the model to test hypotheses, real-world plans and strategies that are not very easy, or are impossible to test in practice.?

http://www.geosimulation.org/crowds/
http://pruned.blogspot.com/200...eling-urban-panic.html

Not sure if this has been posted before but I thought it was a little interesting.

 

[NicColt]

Originally posted by: Alyx
that can predict crowd behavior in various spatial configurations.
I wonder if we'll eventually see a DC project relating to this

I don't think he needs to release a DC project for this to see what the crowd behavior will be in this case.

just my opinion.

 

[RaySun2Be]

Originally posted by: Alyx
"Paul Torrens is someone after our hearts, for he has developed a realistic computer 3D model that can predict crowd behavior in various spatial configurations.

It can simulate, for instance, how people navigate through busy city streets, shoppers through urban shopping centers, and tourists through unfamiliar landscapes."

Hey, I saw something like this on an episode of Numb3rs!

😉 😉

Lol@NiColt. 😀