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Modeling Urban Panic

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the godzilla-disappointed dept.

Schneier is reporting that Arizona State University's Paul Torrens has been developing a computer simulation to model urban panic. "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." The simulation tests behaviors from how a crowd flees from a burning car to how a pathogen might be transmitted through a mobile pedestrian over time among others.

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  1. Re:Yes but can it model... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apparently, this can. (Linked in TFA)

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  2. Actual link by zimage · · Score: 2, Informative

    The included link is for a blog that links to a blog which links to the actual website: http://www.geosimulation.org/crowds/

  3. Actual link by zimage · · Score: 3, Informative

    The link in the summary doesn't link to Dr. Torrens' actual research, but a blog about it. Here's the research's website: http://www.geosimulation.org/crowds/

  4. Direct link by Dan100 · · Score: 4, Informative

    to the research. Even better, the ASU press release went out seven months ago.