Computer Program Freaks Out Run, the Computer's Crazy! Brian Hall
Design of buildings may have to change, because existing computer models didn't simulate panic properly. But in Dresden, they do.
Now, European scientists say they can predict and prevent crowd panic by computer simulations using the laws of physics. The new computer model relies on distances, sizes and velocities instead of emotional states but produces results similar to actual panics, the researchers said in the current issue of the journal Nature.
