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This study presents an initial framework for distinguishing group and single pedestrians based on real-world trajectory data, with the aim of analyzing their differences in space utilization and emergent behavioral patterns. By segmenting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Amartaivan Sanjjamts , Morita Hiroshi

Ultra-dense crowds, in which physical contact between people cannot be avoided, pose major safety concerns. Nevertheless, the underlying dynamics driving their collective behaviours remain poorly understood. Existing dense crowd models,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-01-12 Thomas Chatagnon , Mohcine Chraibi , Julien Pettré , Armin Seyfried , Antoine Tordeux

For the modelling of pedestrian dynamics we treat persons as self-driven objects moving in a continuous space. On the basis of a modified social force model we qualitatively analyze the influence of various approaches for the interaction…

Physics and Society · Physics 2007-05-23 Armin Seyfried , Bernhard Steffen , Thomas Lippert

Pedestrians in crowds frequently move as part of small groups, constituting up to 70% of individuals. Dyads (groups of two) are the most frequent. Understanding quantitatively the dynamics of dyads walking in crowds is therefore an…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-11-18 Chiel van der Laan , Alessandro Corbetta

Human mobility is becoming an accessible field of study thanks to the progress and availability of tracking technologies as a common feature of smart phones. We describe an example of a scalable experiment exploiting these circumstances at…

Continuous time random walks and Langevin equations are two classes of stochastic models for describing the dynamics of particles in the natural world. While some of the processes can be conveniently characterized by both of them, more…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-01-28 Xudong Wang , Yao Chen , Weihua Deng

Cross-sectional studies are widely prevalent since they are more feasible to conduct compared to longitudinal studies. However, cross-sectional data lack the temporal information required to study the evolution of the underlying processes.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Pritha Dutta , Rick Quax , Loes Crielaard , Peter M. A. Sloot

In this work a physical modelling framework is presented, describing the intelligent, non-local, and anisotropic behaviour of pedestrians. Its phenomenological basics and constitutive elements are detailed, and a qualitative analysis is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-08-23 Luca Bruno , Andrea Tosin , Paolo Tricerri , Fiammetta Venuti

Pedestrian trajectory prediction is valuable for understanding human motion behaviors and it is challenging because of the social influence from other pedestrians, the scene constraints and the multimodal possibilities of predicted…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Hao Xue , Du Q. Huynh , Mark Reynolds

Biomechanics and human movement research often involves measuring multiple kinematic or kinetic variables regularly throughout a movement, yielding data that present as smooth, multivariate, time-varying curves and are naturally amenable to…

In this work we focus on fluctuations of time-integrated observables for a particle diffusing in a one-dimensional periodic potential in the weak-noise asymptotics. Our interest goes to rare trajectories presenting an atypical value of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-05 Nicolás Tizón-Escamilla , Vivien Lecomte , Eric Bertin

Pedestrian arrival times exhibit complex temporal organization across multiple scales, shaped by working hours, transportation schedules, and collective behaviors - features often neglected in conventional pedestrian arrival models. Using a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-08 Caspar A. S. Pouw , Alessandro Corbetta , Alessandro Gabbana , Federico Toschi

Crowd gatherings at social and cultural events are increasing in leaps and bounds with the increase in population. Surveillance through computer vision and expert decision making systems can help to understand the crowd phenomena at large…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Shreetam Behera , Debi Prosad Dogra , Malay Kumar Bandyopadhyay , Partha Pratim Roy

Crowd movement simulation is crucial for pedestrian safety management and facility design. Data-driven models offer the potential to improve realism and predictive accuracy, but most are developed for a single scenario, limiting their…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Xuanwen Liang , Jiayu Chen , Eric Wai Ming Lee , Wei Xie

This paper introduces a spatially continuous force-based model for simulating pedestrian dynamics. The main intention of this work is the quantitative description of pedestrian movement through bottlenecks and in corridors. Measurements of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-12-22 Mohcine Chraibi , Armin Seyfried , Andreas Schadschneider , Wolfgang Mackens

Pedestrian trajectory prediction is a critical technology in the evolution of self-driving cars toward complete artificial intelligence. Over recent years, focusing on the trajectories of pedestrians to model their social interactions has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Jiajia Xie , Sheng Zhang , Beihao Xia , Zhu Xiao , Hongbo Jiang , Siwang Zhou , Zheng Qin , Hongyang Chen

Understanding and predicting pedestrian dynamics has become essential for shaping safer, more responsive, and human-centered urban environments. This study conducts a comprehensive scientometric analysis of research on data-driven…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Junhao Xu , Hui Zeng

Everyday locomotion is a complex sensorimotor process that can unfold over multiple timescales, from long-term path planning to rapid, reactive adjustments. However, we lack an understanding of how factors such as environmental demands, or…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Wei-Chen Wang , Antoine De Comite , Alexandra Voloshina , Monica Daley , Nidhi Seethapathi

The pedestrian flow is one of the most complex systems, involving large populations of interacting agents. Models at microscopic and macroscopic scales offer different advantages for studying related problems. In general, microscopic models…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-01-27 Liangze Yang , Hui Yu , Jie Du

We investigate in real-life conditions and with very high accuracy the dynamics of body rotation, or yawing, of walking pedestrians - an highly complex task due to the wide variety in shapes, postures and walking gestures. We propose a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-07-21 Joris Willems , Alessandro Corbetta , Vlado Menkovski , Federico Toschi