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Agent Based Crowd Simulation

Overview Presentation

Karthik Vasudevan

1/31/2008

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Full Presentation Agenda

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Project Objectives Study the evacuation pattern around the

national mall area under event of a terrorist bomb attack

Provide an evacuation strategy for first responder teams

Evaluate the stress on the Metro rail stations around the national mall area

Study evolution of individual human behavior Study the effect of individual actions on

evolving group behaviors

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Technology Overview Agent Based simulation using AnyLogic®

Crowd Simulation

Immersive Virtual Reality CAVE® simulationsStudy Individual behavior

Belief-Desire-Intention agent modelsModel Individual Behavior

Bayesian Belief Networks using MSBNx®Model human belief system

Decision Trees using Lumenaut®Model planning and decision logic

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Crowd Simulation Development

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BDI Agent Model

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AnyLogic Implementation

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Crowd Simulation Screenshots

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References K. Vasudevan and Y. Son, October 2007, Balancing Evacuation Safety and Productivity in

Manufacturing Facility Planning using Multi-Paradigm Simulations, submitted to International Journal of Production Research.

K. Vasudevan and Y. Son, 2008, Current Consideration of Evacuation Safety and Productivity in Manufacturing Facility Planning using Multi-Paradigm Simulations, Submitted to 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Sweden

A. Shendarkar, K. Vasudevan, S. Lee, Y. Son, December 2006, Crowd Simulation for Emergency Response using BDI Agents Based on Immersive Virtual Reality, submitted to Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory.

A. Shendarkar, K. Vasudevan, S. Lee and Y. Son, Crowd Simulation for Emergency Response using BDI Agent based on Virtual Reality, Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2006, Monterey, CA, December 3-6, 2006.

X. Zhao and Y. Son, BDI-based Human Decision-Making Model in Automated Manufacturing Systems, accepted International Journal of Modeling and Simulation.

C.M. Macal and M.J. North, 2005, Tutorial on Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation. In Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference, 2-16.

A. Borshchev, October 2007, Multi-method Simulation Modeing using AnyLogic, INFORMS Roundtable Meeting Fall 2007, Seattle, USA