title: Modeling crowd and trained leader behavior during building evacuation.
abstract: This article considers animating evacuation in complex buildings by crowds who might not know the structure's connectivity, or who find routes accidentally blocked. It takes into account simulated crowd behavior under two conditions: where agents communicate building route knowledge, and where agents take different roles such as trained personnel, leaders, and followers.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, USA. npelecha@seas.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Nuria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pelechano
authors.forename: Norman I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Badler
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003441:Crowding; D007857:Leadership; D008954:Models, Biological; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012637:Security Measures