Virtual crowds: Methods, simulation, and control

Synthesis Lectures on Computer Graphics and Animation

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-186

  Pelechano, Nuria ^a   Allbeck, Jan M ^b   Badler, Norman I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animated characters; Autonomous agents; CAROSA; Collision avoidance; Computer animation; Crowd simulation; Evacuation studies; HiDAC; Human behaviors; Navigation planning; Parameterized actions; Pedestrians; Presence; Psychological factors; Roles; Social forces

Indexed keywords

ANIMATED CHARACTERS; CAROSA; COMPUTER ANIMATION; CROWD SIMULATION; EVACUATION STUDIES; HIDAC; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; NAVIGATION PLANNING; PARAMETERIZED ACTIONS; PEDESTRIANS; PRESENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; ROLES; SOCIAL FORCES;

ANIMATION; APPLICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 54349122245     PISSN: 19338996     EISSN: 19339003     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2200/S00123ED1V01Y200808CGR008     Document Type: Article

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