Journal article
Review of modelling and simulating crowds at mass gathering events: Hajj as a case study
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol.22(2)
2019
Abstract
The Hajj is an Islamic pilgrimage that involves four main holy sites in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. As the number of participants (pilgrims) attending these events has been increasing over the years, challenges have arisen: overcrowding at the sites resulting in congestion, pilgrims getting lost, stampedes, injuries and even deaths. Although Hajj management authorities have employed up-to-date facilities to manage the events (e.g., state-of-the-art infrastructure and communication technologies, CCTV monitoring, live crowd analysis, time scheduling, and large well-trained police forces and scouts), there is still overcrowding and “unexpected” problems that can occur at the events. These problems can be studied and mitigated by prior simulation, which allows for preparation and deployment of the most appropriate plans for crowd management at Hajj events. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of crowd modelling and simulation studies referring to Hajj.
Details
- Title
- Review of modelling and simulating crowds at mass gathering events: Hajj as a case study
- Authors/Creators
- A. Owaidah (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaD. Olaru (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaM. Bennamoun (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaF. Sohel (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityN. Khan (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol.22(2)
- Publisher
- JASSS
- Identifiers
- 991005542941707891
- Copyright
- © 2019 JASSS
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
Source: InCites
Metrics
34 Record Views
InCites Highlights
These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Citation topics
- 4 Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science
- 4.183 Transportation
- 4.183.1813 Evacuation Modeling
- Web Of Science research areas
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general