crowd simulations
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- Legion and Pedroute Expertise
- Visualising Crowd Conditions and Behaviour
- Quantitative 2D and 3D Outputs
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Crowd simulations, especially dynamic micro-simulation systems are powerful tools for visualising, analysing and communicating how a venue or facility will work. Software such as Legion, enables the step of each 'person' in the model to be recorded, providing a wealth of quantitative data, and this can be visualised in 2D or 3D.
The use and interpretation of these models must be done with care. Dynamic crowd simulations such as Legion have advanced significantly in the last few years and are very useful tools, but they cannot yet accurately simulate all relevant aspects of human behaviour and movement: People cannot simply be treated as computer ‘ants’ (for example, when individual’s choices are relevant to the performance of the crowd circulation system)
A good understanding of human behaviour and crowd dynamics, as well as the principles and limitations of simulations, is needed to correctly interpret the results. Our team includes some of the most experienced users of dynamic crowd simulation systems and have pioneered their use, and can recommend how to get the best results most cost-effectively.
Our team includes some of the most experienced users of dynamic crowd simulation systems who have pioneered their use.
Our deep expertise in simulations and crowd dynamics means that we are skilled at deciding when and where crowd simulations can be used most cost-effectively, and how the results should be correctly interpreted. Ultimately, we use their technical interpretation, to address the safety and commercial objectives of the project.
Most value is obtained during the design phase for a new building or 'people space'. During this phase there is the most flexibility to optimise between cost, safety and performance in the design, and the design can be tested to 'see' how it works under different scenarios or means of operation and then optimised.
Nonetheless, crowd simulations are also valuable in testing the performance of existing facilities when the financial cost or safety risk is too expensive to do it for real, (e.g., in an evacuation drill or during construction).
Another major benefit of simulations and the crowd movement videos derived from them is their use in communicating how a venue or facility will perform to non-expert decision-makers such as funders, authorities and other stakeholders.
Please refer to the Case Studies (links) below to see some of the benefits of crowd simulation or contact us for more details.
