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A Model for Crowd Evacuation Dynamics: 2D Numerical Simulations

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In [5] we have proposed a numerical scheme for solving a macroscopic model of crowd dynamics. We apply it here to simulate a room evacuation, for velocity fields derived from the p–Poisson equation. We analyze the stability parameters and the influence of p on the dynamics.

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Gokieli, M. (2023). A Model for Crowd Evacuation Dynamics: 2D Numerical Simulations. In: Wyrzykowski, R., Dongarra, J., Deelman, E., Karczewski, K. (eds) Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics. PPAM 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13827. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30445-3_29

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