Reconciling Population and Agent Models for Crowd Dynamics

16 pages•Published: May 15, 2012

Andrea Bracciali, Jane Hillston, Diego Latella and Mieke Massink

Abstract

We propose an approach to the quantitative modelling of crowd dy- namics, viz. the behaviour of systems of large numbers of mobile agents. The approach relies on a stochastic process algebra as specification lan- guage (BioPEPA), and combines stochastic simulation techniques and continuous fluid flow approximation. The approach encompasses the agent modelling viewpoint, as system behaviour emerges from the specified agent interaction, and the population modelling viewpoint, when continu- ous analysis is used. The result is expressive, as we will show by discussing a few examples, and efficient, by the adoption of the fluid flow analysis techniques, which approximate system dynamics as continuous variations of population.

Keyphrases: crow dynamics, modelling

In: Berndt Müller (editor). LAM'10. 3rd International Workshop on Logics, Agents, and Mobility, vol 7, pages 3-18.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/3zlW
	https://doi.org/10.29007/7cgj

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{LAM'10:Reconciling_Population_Agent_Models,
  author    = {Andrea Bracciali and Jane Hillston and Diego Latella and Mieke Massink},
  title     = {Reconciling Population and Agent Models for Crowd Dynamics},
  booktitle = {LAM'10. 3rd International Workshop on Logics, Agents, and Mobility},
  editor    = {Berndt Müller},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Computing},
  volume    = {7},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-7340},
  url       = {/publications/paper/3zlW},
  doi       = {10.29007/7cgj},
  pages     = {3-18},
  year      = {2012}}

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