Controlling individual agents in high-density crowd simulation
SCA '07 Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics symposium on Computer animation
Virtual Crowds: Methods, Simulation, and Control (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Graphics and Animation)
LifeBelt: Silent Directional Guidance for Crowd Evacuation
ISWC '09 Proceedings of the 2009 International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Self-organized Evacuation Based on LifeBelt
IWSOS '09 Proceedings of the 4th IFIP TC 6 International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems
Evacuation Simulation Based on Cognitive Decision Making Model in a Socio-Technical System
DS-RT '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/ACM 15th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications
Validation of agent-based simulation through human computation: an example of crowd simulation
MABS'11 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation
PADS '12 Proceedings of the 2012 ACM/IEEE/SCS 26th Workshop on Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation
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To support the evacuation process of crowds from emergency situations, we have developed a wearable device, LifeBelt, for vibro tactile guidance of individuals in panic towards exits. Since visual and auditory perception is overwhelmed in situations of panic, exit sign and loudspeaker based evacuation often appears ineffective. LifeBelt as a coordinated navigation device builds on a subtle directionalvibration stimulation to navigate and guide individuals to escape.This paper compares the effectiveness of a LifeBelt supported vs. non-supported evacuation from spaces with multiple exits. Based on an extended Moore’s model ofneighborhood for next step behavior, and a predicted shortest time to escape metric, we investigate on the efficiency effect of (i) individuals following the nearest exit (without LifeBelt), and (ii) individuals adheringLifeBelt recommendations towards the earliest escape exit. Large scale simulations show that even in situations of growing panic, LifeBelt improves evacuation efficiency by more than 34,5 %.