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Journal article

Imitative (herd) behaviour in direction decision-making hinders efficiency of crowd evacuation processes

Milad Haghani, Majid Sarvi

Safety Science | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2018.12.026

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A REAL-TIME MODELLING OF CROWD DYNAMICS FOR DISASTER PREVENTION

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The authors acknowledge that this study was financially supported by Discovery Project research grant DP160103291 awarded by Australian Research Council.

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Keywords

Simulated Escape Behaviour
Agent-Based Models
Operations Research & Management Science
Agent-Based Simulation
Science & Technology
Dynamics
Behavioural Contagion
Indoor Evacuation Modelling
Technology
Stock
Familiarity
Earthquake Pedestrians Evacuation
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Social Influence
Social-Influence
Exit Choice
Escape
Peer Imitation
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