CrowdLogo: crowd simulation in NetLogo

TL;DR

This paper presents a NetLogo-based crowd simulation model of an emergency evacuation in Piazza San Carlo, providing insights into crowd dynamics during emergencies and offering a foundation for future research in crowd management.

Contribution

The authors developed a crowd simulation model in NetLogo based on a real emergency event, enabling analysis of evacuation strategies and crowd behavior in complex scenarios.

Findings

Model successfully simulates crowd movement during emergency evacuation

Provides insights into crowd behavior and bottlenecks

Suggests improvements for emergency planning

Abstract

Planning the evacuation of people from crowded places, such as squares, stadiums, or indoor arenas during emergency scenarios is a fundamental task that authorities must deal with. This article summarizes the work of the authors to simulate an emergency scenario in a square using NetLogo, a multi-agent programmable modeling environment. The emergency scenario is based on a real event, which took place in Piazza San Carlo, Turin, on the 3rd of June 2017. The authors have developed a model and conducted various experiments, the results of which are presented, discussed and analyzed. The article concludes by offering suggestions for further research and summarizing the key takeaways.