Multi-agent geo-simulation of crowds and control forces in conflict situations : models, application and analysis
Authors: | Larochelle, Benoît |
Advisor: | Moulin, Bernard |
Abstract: | Few models and simulations that describe crowd behaviour in conflict situations involving control forces and non-lethal weapons (NLW) exist. This thesis presents models for crowd agents, control forces, and NLWs in crowd control situations. Groups as well as their interactions and collective actions are explicitly modelled, which pushes further currently existing crowd simulation approaches. Agents are characterized by appreciation of aggressiveness profiles and they can change their behaviours in relation with the Social Identity theory. A software application was developed and the models were calibrated with realistic scenarios. It demonstrated the technical feasibility of such complex social models for crowds of hundreds of agents, as well generating data to assess the efficiency of intervention techniques. |
Document Type: | Mémoire de maîtrise |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Open Access Date: | 16 April 2018 |
Permalink: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/21359 |
Grantor: | Université Laval |
Collection: | Thèses et mémoires |
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