Architects and planners have always been interested in studying crowd behavior in certain situations. In order to support the study, many crowd simulation softwares have been developed. However, none of them has been successful at recreating realistic behavior of the crowd as their nature is virtually unpredictable. This time around, the University of Milano-Bicocca has designed a new crowd simulation software that promises to bring in better changes to support the study.
Sara Manzoni, the project co-coordinator provided plausible explanations to BBC World’s Service’s Digital Planet on their approach being unique. She stated in her explanations that their approach aims at observing the individual behavior of people who are part of the crowd. This is way too different from the traditional approach, which focuses on designing equations that describe flows of people.
Crowd behavior is an interesting realm of study. Most often we are a part of it. The behavior that the crowd manifests is not the same always. For example, the crowd at the supemarket hardly even exchanges stares whereas the crowds at sporting events or concerts often bump into each other, and they do not have any hassles doing so. But sometimes, these crowds turn into mobs when they become hostile. Let’s wait and watch how much of justice will Ms. Manzoni and her colleagues will do to their research.
Sara Manzoni, the project co-coordinator provided plausible explanations to BBC World’s Service’s Digital Planet on their approach being unique. She stated in her explanations that their approach aims at observing the individual behavior of people who are part of the crowd. This is way too different from the traditional approach, which focuses on designing equations that describe flows of people.
Crowd behavior is an interesting realm of study. Most often we are a part of it. The behavior that the crowd manifests is not the same always. For example, the crowd at the supemarket hardly even exchanges stares whereas the crowds at sporting events or concerts often bump into each other, and they do not have any hassles doing so. But sometimes, these crowds turn into mobs when they become hostile. Let’s wait and watch how much of justice will Ms. Manzoni and her colleagues will do to their research.
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