The Walking Behaviour of Pedestrian Social Groups and Its Impact on Crowd Dynamics

Mehdi Moussaïd; Niriaska Perozo; Simon Garnier; Dirk Helbing; Guy Theraulaz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010047

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The Walking Behaviour of Pedestrian Social Groups and Its Impact on Crowd Dynamics

Mehdi Moussaïd ,

* E-mail: moussaid@cict.fr

Affiliations Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Toulouse, France, ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Chair of Sociology, Zurich, Switzerland, CNRS, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Toulouse, France
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Niriaska Perozo,

Affiliations Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Toulouse, France, Unidad de Investigación en Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
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Simon Garnier,

Affiliation Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Toulouse, France
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Dirk Helbing,

Affiliations ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Chair of Sociology, Zurich, Switzerland, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
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Guy Theraulaz

Affiliations Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Toulouse, France, CNRS, Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Toulouse, France
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The Walking Behaviour of Pedestrian Social Groups and Its Impact on Crowd Dynamics

Mehdi Moussaïd,
Niriaska Perozo,
Simon Garnier,
Dirk Helbing,
Guy Theraulaz

Published: April 7, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010047

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