Experimental panic

[Roger Critchlow-2]

A few Fridays ago I mentioned seeing this paper in PNAS:

        http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/100/21/11947

The authors calibrated their computer models of escape
panic by inducing panic in mice and videotaping the rush
for the exit.

And here's an article about where the maize found at Pueblo
Bonito in Chaco Canyon was actually grown:

        http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/100/22/13111

and the answer is more than a few days walk.

-- rec --

[Stephen Guerin]

The PNAS paper references Dirk Helbing, Farkas and Vicsek's work. I used the
80Mb mpeg from their site(http://angel.elte.hu/~panic/) at the workshop Mike
and I gave to UVA architecture students. The video shows 3 or 4 human panic
cases and some ABM visualizations of rushing for a doorway. Very powerful
footage for people to see real value in ABM. Especially counter-intuitive
solutions like putting a column in front of the exit to increase flow and
prevent the "pedestrian arch" formation referred to in the PNAS article.

-S
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger E Critchlow Jr [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 3:46 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: [FRIAM] Experimental panic
>
>
> A few Fridays ago I mentioned seeing this paper in PNAS:
>
> http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/100/21/11947
>
> The authors calibrated their computer models of escape
> panic by inducing panic in mice and videotaping the rush
> for the exit.
>
> And here's an article about where the maize found at Pueblo
> Bonito in Chaco Canyon was actually grown:
>
> http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/100/22/13111
>
> and the answer is more than a few days walk.
>
> -- rec --
>
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