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Multiscale Modeling of Pedestrian Dynamics [electronic resource] / by Emiliano Cristiani, Benedetto Piccoli, Andrea Tosin.

By: Contributor(s): Series: MS&A, Modeling, Simulation and Applications ; 12Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XVI, 260 p. 62 illus., 45 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319066202
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 515.353 23
LOC classification:
  • QA370-380
Online resources:
Contents:
1 An Introduction to the Modeling of Crowd Dynamics -- 2 Problems and Simulations -- 3 Psychological Insights -- 4 An Overview of the Modeling of Crowd Dynamics -- 5 Multiscale Modeling by Time-Evolving Measures -- 6 Basic Theory of Measure-Based Models -- 7 Evolution in Measure Spaces with Wasserstein Distance -- 8 Generalizations of the Multiscale Approach -- 9 Appendices: A Basics of Measure and Probability Theory; B Pseudo-Code for the Multiscale Algorithm.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book presents mathematical models and numerical simulations of crowd dynamics. The core topic is the development of a new multiscale paradigm, which bridges the microscopic and macroscopic scales taking the most from each of them for capturing the relevant clues of complexity of crowds. The background idea is indeed that most of the complex trends exhibited by crowds are due to an intrinsic interplay between individual and collective behaviors. The modeling approach promoted in this book pursues actively this intuition and profits from it for designing general mathematical structures susceptible of application also in fields different from the inspiring original one. The book considers also the two most traditional points of view: the microscopic one, in which pedestrians are tracked individually, and the macroscopic one, in which pedestrians are assimilated to a continuum. Selected existing models are critically analyzed. The work is addressed to researchers and graduate students.
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1 An Introduction to the Modeling of Crowd Dynamics -- 2 Problems and Simulations -- 3 Psychological Insights -- 4 An Overview of the Modeling of Crowd Dynamics -- 5 Multiscale Modeling by Time-Evolving Measures -- 6 Basic Theory of Measure-Based Models -- 7 Evolution in Measure Spaces with Wasserstein Distance -- 8 Generalizations of the Multiscale Approach -- 9 Appendices: A Basics of Measure and Probability Theory; B Pseudo-Code for the Multiscale Algorithm.

This book presents mathematical models and numerical simulations of crowd dynamics. The core topic is the development of a new multiscale paradigm, which bridges the microscopic and macroscopic scales taking the most from each of them for capturing the relevant clues of complexity of crowds. The background idea is indeed that most of the complex trends exhibited by crowds are due to an intrinsic interplay between individual and collective behaviors. The modeling approach promoted in this book pursues actively this intuition and profits from it for designing general mathematical structures susceptible of application also in fields different from the inspiring original one. The book considers also the two most traditional points of view: the microscopic one, in which pedestrians are tracked individually, and the macroscopic one, in which pedestrians are assimilated to a continuum. Selected existing models are critically analyzed. The work is addressed to researchers and graduate students.

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