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The collection and analysis of data from a fatal large-scale crowd incident

The collection and analysis of data from a fatal large-scale crowd incident

Pretorius, Maria, Gwynne, Steve and Galea, Edwin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-6665 (2012) The collection and analysis of data from a fatal large-scale crowd incident. In: 5th International Symposium. Human Behaviour in Fire 2012. Symposium Proceedings. Interscience Communications Ltd, Greenwich, London, UK, pp. 263-274. ISBN 978-0-9556548-8-6

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Abstract

This paper discusses the anlysis of data-sets from observations made at the Duisburg Love Parade in 2010 and the large-scale crowd situation that ended in fatalities due to the development of crush conditions. This event is a useful case study of large crowd circulation based on the material that was made publically available by the organisers and attendees. The resultant data-set has been used to configure the buildingEXODUS model to approximate the original incident in order to verify both the model's performance and the underlying scenario assumptions; i.e. whether buildingEXODUS can reliably represent agent actions, the conditions that develop and the impact of these developments.

Item Type: Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings: 5th International Symposium. Human Behaviour in Fire 2012. Symposium Proceedings
Additional Information: [1] This paper was first presented at the 5th International Symposium, Human Behaviour in Fire, held from 19-21 September 2012 at Downing College, Cambridge, UK.
Uncontrolled Keywords: crowd control, crush conditions, evacuation
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Pre-2014 Departments: School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
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Last Modified: 14 Oct 2016 09:22
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/9169

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