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PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Volume 604, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2022.127674
Keywords
Group behaviour; Social force model; Kumbh Mela; Modelling and simulation; Mass religious gathering
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- Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India [MITO-0105]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO [629.002.202]
- Robert Bosch Center for Cyber Physical Systems, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore [RBCO001]
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This paper uncovers an intriguing behavior observed in the world's largest mass religious gathering, Kumbh Mela-2016, known as serpentine group behavior. The authors develop a modified social force model to model and simulate this behavior, aiming to aid in the development of a realistic crowd simulation model that can handle unique crowd behaviors and ensure safe movement.
Crowd dynamics has emerged as an important topic of investigation in recent years. Several studies have been conducted to better understand the underlying factors that can influence crowd dynamics and lead to risky situations. Particularly, field studies are essential for realistically capturing the dynamics. This paper attempts to uncover one intriguing behaviour observed in the world's largest mass religious gathering Kumbh Mela-2016, held in Ujjain, India. The authors define this behaviour, where groups attempt to overtake the others in the crowd, form flexible chains, and not allow non-group members to penetrate through them, as serpentine group behaviour. This behaviour has been modelled and simulated using a modified social force model which has been developed in this work. This can aid in the development of a realistic crowd simulation model that can handle such unique crowd behaviours and help manage large crowds and ensure safe movement. (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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