The role of data-driven approaches in studies of crowd behaviour has received an
unprecedented recognition in recent years. As a result, the size of the empirical crowd …

In a pioneering work in Nature journal, a counter-intuitive prediction that escape rates of
people under panic conditions will be enhanced if an obstacle such as a column or a barrier …

Recent advances in bottleneck studies have highlighted that different architectural
adjustments at the exit may reduce the probability of clogging at the exit thereby enhancing …

This work is a systematic review of optimisation methods for pedestrian evacuations. The
focus is on interventional approaches that seek to improve evacuation efficiency rather than …

To improve the pedestrian outflow in panic situations by suitably placing an obstacle in front
of the exit, it is vital to understand the physical mechanism behind the evacuation efficiency …

This paper provides a critical review on the state-of-the-art pedestrian and evacuation
dynamics so as to comprehensively comprehend the motion behaviors of pedestrians from …

The placement of obstacles in front of doors is believed to be an effective strategy to
increase theflow of pedestrians, hence improving the evacuation process. Since it wasfirst …

As collective cell migration is essential in biological processes spanning development,
healing, and cancer progression, methods to externally program cell migration are of great …

Introduction: The flow of pedestrians through narrow doorways is one of the most common
features of crowd motions and evacuations. It is particularly an important aspect of …

In emergency evacuation situations, placing an obstacle may be seen intuitively as a worse
condition which may result in a slower evacuation time. Nevertheless, it is possible to lower …