Collective phenomena in crowds-Where pedestrian dynamics need social psychology.

This article is on collective phenomena in pedestrian dynamics during the assembling and dispersal of gatherings. To date pedestrian dynamics have been primarily studied in the natural and engineering sciences. Pedestrians are analyzed and modeled as driven particles revealing self-organizing phenom...

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Main Authors: Anna Sieben, Jette Schumann, Armin Seyfried
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5462364?pdf=render