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We propose a model to represent the motility of social elements. The model is completely deterministic, possesses a small number of parameters, and exhibits a series of properties that are reminiscent of the behavior of comunities in…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Parravano , L. M. Reyes

Modeling human dynamics responsible for the formation and evolution of the so-called social networks - structures comprised of individuals or organizations and indicating connectivities existing in a community - is a topic recently…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Victor V. Kryssanov , Frank J. Rinaldo , Evgeny L. Kuleshov , Hitoshi Ogawa

In this work we present a model for evolving networks, where the driven force is related to the social affinity between individuals in a population. In the model, a set of individuals initially arranged on a regular ordered network and thus…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-11-13 B. Ruyu , M. N. Kuperman

In this contribution first results of experiments on pedestrian flow through bottlenecks are presented and then compared to simulation results obtained with the Social Force Model in the Vissim simulation framework. Concerning the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2008-09-10 Tobias Kretz , Stefan Hengst , Peter Vortisch

We present a micro-macro strategy able to describe the dynamics of crowds in heterogeneous media. Herein we focus on the example of pedestrian counterflow. The main working tools include the use of mass and porosity measures together with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-11-08 Joep Evers , Adrian Muntean

In human crowds, interactions among individuals give rise to a variety of self-organized collective motions that help the group to effectively solve the problem of coordination. However, it is still not known exactly how humans adjust their…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-01-25 Asja Jelić , Cécile Appert-Rolland , Samuel Lemercier , Julien Pettré

This paper proposes a crowd dynamic macroscopic model grounded on microscopic phenomenological observations which are upscaled by means of a formal mathematical procedure. The actual applicability of the model to real world problems is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-07 Luca Bruno , Alessandro Corbetta , Andrea Tosin

Walking is a fundamental activity of human life, not only for moving between places but also for interacting with surrounding environments. While walking to destinations, pedestrians may acquaint themselves with attractions such as…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-11-22 Jaeyoung Kwak

Moving groups are routinely faced with a choice of different routes as part of their daily lives, such as choosing between exits from a building. Differences in moving speeds and environmental constraints often lead to individuals being…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-12-16 Anna Sigalou , Yunhe Tong , Charlie Pilgrim , Richard P. Mann , Nikolai W. F. Bode

A recent study [D. Helbing, A. Johansson and H. Z. Al-Abideen, {\it Phys. Rev. E} 75, 046109 (2007)] has revealed a "turbulent" state of pedestrian flows, which is characterized by sudden displacements and causes the falling and trampling…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Wenjian Yu , Anders Johansson

Social robot navigation is an evolving research field that aims to find efficient strategies to safely navigate dynamic environments populated by humans. A critical challenge in this domain is the accurate modeling of human motion, which…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Tommaso Van Der Meer , Andrea Garulli , Antonio Giannitrapani , Renato Quartullo

Humans are social animals, they interact with different communities of friends to conduct different activities. The literature shows that human mobility is constrained by their social relations. In this paper, we investigate the social…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-04-04 Jun Pang , Yang Zhang

The suggested approach makes it possible to produce a consistent description of motions of a physical system. It is shown that the concept of force fields defining the systems dynamics is equivalent to the choice of the corresponding metric…

General Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. V. Siparov

Pedestrian trajectory prediction remains a challenge for autonomous systems, particularly due to the intricate dynamics of social interactions. Accurate forecasting requires a comprehensive understanding not only of each pedestrian's…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Haleh Damirchi , Ali Etemad , Michael Greenspan

This research explores the dynamics of emergency evacuations in the presence of social groups. The investigation was carried out in the context of the basic Social Force Model (SFM). We included attractive feelings between people belonging…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-04-20 Eric A. Rozan , Guillermo A. Frank , Fernando E. Cornes , Ignacio M. Sticco , Claudio O. Dorso

We introduce an enhanced model based on the generalized centrifugal force model. Furthermore, the desired direction of pedestrians is investigated. A new approach leaning on the well-known concept of static and dynamic floor-fields in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-07-06 Mohcine Chraibi , Martina Freialdenhoven , Andreas Schadschneider , Armin Seyfried

This paper deals with the early results of a new model of pedestrian flow, conceived within a measure-theoretical framework. The modeling approach consists in a discrete-time Eulerian macroscopic representation of the system via a family of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-03-29 Benedetto Piccoli , Andrea Tosin

When a large group of pedestrians moves around a corner, most pedestrians do not follow the shortest path, which is to stay as close as possible to the inner wall, but try to minimize the travel time. For this they accept to move on a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-05-28 Tobias Kretz

We numerically study jamming transitions in pedestrian flow interacting with an attraction, mostly based on the social force model for pedestrians who can join the attraction. We formulate the joining probability as a function of social…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-09-05 Jaeyoung Kwak , Hang-Hyun Jo , Tapio Luttinen , Iisakki Kosonen

The concept of power can be explored at several scales: from physical action and process effectuation, all the way to complex social dynamics. A spectrum-wide analysis of power requires attention to the fundamental principles that constrain…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-02-06 Mahault Albarracin , Sonia de Jager , David Hyland , Sarah Grace Manski