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

University of Melbourne Researchers

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A Real-Time Modelling Of Crowd Dynamics For Disaster Prevention

This project aims to develop methods and technologies to enable urban planners to design infrastructures to ensure public safety in emergenc..

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Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

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

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