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This paper introduces a crowd modeling and motion control approach that employs diffusion adaptation within an adaptive network. In the network, nodes collaboratively address specific estimation problems while simultaneously moving as…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-10-25 Zirui Wan , Saeid Sanei

We propose an entropic geometrical model of psycho-physical crowd dynamics (with dissipative crowd kinematics), using Feynman action-amplitude formalism that operates on three synergetic levels: macro, meso and micro. The intent is to…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2008-11-27 Vladimir G. Ivancevic , Darryn J. Reid

We study the multi-scale description of large-time collective behavior of agents driven by alignment. The resulting multi-flock dynamics arises naturally with realistic initial configurations consisting of multiple spatial scaling, which in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-11 Roman Shvydkoy , Eitan Tadmor

Self-propelled particles with hydrodynamic interactions (microswimmers) have previously been shown to produce long-range ordering phenomena. Many theoretical explanations for these collective phenomena are connected to instabilities in the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-05-03 Yuzhou Qian , Peter R. Kramer , Patrick T. Underhill

This paper develops a general force-based pedestrian model named CosForce, in which cosine functions are employed to describe asymmetric interactions. These functions implicitly capture the mechanisms of anticipation and reaction. By…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-15 Jinghui Wang , Wei Lv , Shuchao Cao , Chenglin Guo

We survey recent results on controlled particle systems. The control aspect introduces new challenges in the discussion of properties and suitable mean field limits. Some of the aspects are highlighted in a detailed discussion of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-12 M. K. Banda , M. Herty , T. Trimborn

With the increasing size and frequency of mass events, the study of crowd disasters and the simulation of pedestrian flows have become important research areas. Yet, even successful modeling approaches such as those inspired by Newtonian…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-05-28 Mehdi Moussaid , Dirk Helbing , Guy Theraulaz

In this paper we review some recent results dealing with the transition between microscopic and macroscopic scales in different fields, including kinetic theory, cells movement in biology, chemotaxis, flocking phenomena and agent systems.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-11 Thierry Paul

This article is on collective phenomena in pedestrian dynamics during the assembling and dispersal phases of gatherings. To date pedestrian dynamics have been primarily studied in the natural and engineering sciences. Pedestrians are…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-07-05 Anna Sieben , Jette Schumann , Armin Seyfried

This paper is devoted to the study of the dynamic optimization of several controlled crowd motion models in the general planar settings, which is an application of a class of optimal control problems involving a general nonconvex sweeping…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-20 Tan H. Cao , Nilson Chapagain , Haejoon Lee , Phung Ngoc Thi , Nguyen Nang Thieu

Classical swarm models, exemplified by the Cucker--Smale framework, provide foundational insights into collective alignment but exhibit fundamental limitations in capturing the adaptive, heterogeneous behaviours intrinsic to living systems.…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-09-08 Rene Fabregas , Jie Liao , Nisrine Outada

The simulation of pedestrian crowd that reflects reality is a major challenge for researches. Several crowd simulation models have been proposed such as cellular automata model, agent-based model, fluid dynamic model, etc. It is important…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Wonho Kang , Youngnam Han

The motion of pedestrian crowds (e.g. for simulation of an evacuation situation) can be modeled as a multi-body system of self driven particles with repulsive interaction. We use a few simple situations to determine the simplest allowed…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-12-04 B. Steffen

In this paper we deal with pedestrian modeling, aiming at simulating crowd behavior in normal and emergency scenarios, including highly congested mass events. We are specifically concerned with a new agent-based, continuous-in-space,…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-11-23 E. Cristiani , M. Menci , A. Malagnino , G. G. Amaro

Traffic jams on roadways, echo chambers on social media, crowds of moving pedestrians, and opinion dynamics during elections are all complex social systems. These applications may seem disparate, but some of the questions that they motivate…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-10-18 Alexandria Volkening

Social dynamics is concerned primarily with interactions among individuals and the resulting group behaviors, modeling the temporal evolution of social systems via the interactions of individuals within these systems. In particular, the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-11-08 Zhen Xu , Wen Dong , Sargur Srihari

In our urbanised societies, the management and regulation of traffic and pedestrian flows is of considerable interest for public safety, economic development, and the conservation of the environment. However, modelling and controlling the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-11-17 Antoine Tordeux , Cécile Appert-Rolland , Alexandre Nicolas , Armin Seyfried , Denis Ullmo

In this paper we propose a novel macroscopic (fluid dynamics) model for describing pedestrian flow in low and high density regimes. The model is characterized by the fact that the maximal density reachable by the crowd - usually a fixed…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-04-03 Laura Bartoli , Simone Cacace , Emiliano Cristiani , Roberto Ferretti

This paper deals with the micro-macro derivation of virus models coupled with a reaction diffusion models that generates the dynamics in space of the virus particles. The first part of the presentation focuses, starting from [5, 6] on a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-12-15 Diletta Burini , Nadia Chouhad

In pedestrian dynamics, the internal drive that propels individuals toward their goals is typically captured by a single, fixed parameter, the desired walking speed. This simplification overlooks that motivation fluctuates in response to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-04 Ezel Üsten , Anna Sieben , Mohcine Chraibi , Armin Seyfried