Experimental study of the behavioural mechanisms underlying self-organization in human crowds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1668, 2009, Pages 2755-2762

  Moussaïd, Mehdi ^a,b,c   Helbing, Dirk ^b   Garnier, Simon ^a   Johansson, Anders ^b   Combe, Maud ^a   Theraulaz, Guy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Controlled experiments; Crowds; Pedestrian interactions; Self organization; Social force model

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMINID; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PEDESTRIAN; SELF ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LAW; MALE; MODEL; MOTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDESTRIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67650904537     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0405     Document Type: Article

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