1. Author: Matthew Funcke Supervisor: George Wells

2. Many, many, models.  All different Multiple Applications.  Entertainment Industry – Movies and Games  Evacuation simulation  Architectural optimisation  Crowd Control  Training – Military and Police  Teaching – Academic Save time and effort in the future.

3.  Three base methods Cellular Automata Rule-based Models Social Forces Models  Hybrid models eg: MassMotion Massive HiDAC

4. ALLSAFE Social Distances Helbing SF Aseri Blue & Adler MassMotion Massive Legion Simwalk Simulex PathFinder Paxport PEDFLOW SGEM HiDAC F.A.S.T. TIMTEX Helios Muramatsu Burstedde ABS CA Kebel et al. OpenSteer Maïm Exodus Reactive Navigation ACUMEN Crosses Autonomous Pedestrians Space Syntax Exit89 FPETool MASCM Floor Fields Quinn SF Wagoum Reynold Kirchner

5.  2 of each fundamental model  2 low complexity/quality models  2 medium complexity/quality models  2 high complexity/quality models

6.  Massive  Massmotion  HiDAC  Helbing  Quinn  Reynolds  OpenSteer  Generic CA  ABS Hybrid Models Social Forces Models Rule-based Models Cellular Automata HHHLMLMLMHHHLMLMLM

7. Generic Cellular Automaton ABS Cellular Automaton

8. Original Social ForcesParallelised Social Forces

9. MassMotion Massive Software

10.  Several proposed methods: ◦ Visual comparison

11.  Several proposed methods: ◦ Visual comparison ◦ Quantitative 4D histograms

12.  Several proposed methods: ◦ Visual comparison ◦ Quantitative 4D histograms ◦ Literature-based scoring:  Identify common comparison factors  Weight application  Score models  Apply equations  Compare specific models based on final scores  Generalise results

19. ApplicationBest Model MoviesMassive GamesOpenSteer or HiDAC EvacuationMassMotion ArchitectureMassMotion Crowd ControlMassMotion TrainingMassMotion TeachingGeneric CA

20. ApplicationBest Model MoviesMassive GamesOpenSteer or HiDAC EvacuationMassMotion ArchitectureMassMotion Crowd ControlMassMotion TrainingMassMotion TeachingGeneric CA

21. ApplicationBest Model MoviesOpenSteer GamesOpenSteer EvacuationQuinn ArchitectureQuinn Crowd ControlQuinn TrainingQuinn TeachingGeneric CA

22.  Commercial models are generally better.  Hybrid models are generally best.  Social forces if you need accuracy.  CAs when simplicity is essential.  Rule-based models for when looks and not accuracy matter.