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Efficient and validated simulation of crowds for an evacuation assistant
Author(s) -
Wagoum Armel Ulrich Kemloh,
Chraibi Mohcine,
Mehlich Jonas,
Seyfried Armin,
Schadschneider Andreas
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
computer animation and virtual worlds
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1546-427X
pISSN - 1546-4261
DOI - 10.1002/cav.1420
Subject(s) - crowds , computer science , pedestrian , crowd simulation , distributed computing , simulation , computer security , transport engineering , engineering
To improve safety at mass events, an evacuation assistant that supports security services in case of emergencies is developed. One central aspect is forecasting the emergency egress of large crowds in complex buildings. This requires realistic models of pedestrian dynamics that can be simulated faster than real‐time by using methods applied in high performance computing. We give an overview of the project and present the actual results. We also describe the modeling approaches used thereby focusing on the runtime optimization and parallelization concepts. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.