1. Crowd dynamics: Modeling, Simulation and Experiments
Simo Heliövaara
Supervisor: Prof. Harri Ehtamo
Systems Analysis Laboratory
Aalto University School of Science and Technology

2. Best-response reactions
Computational models for the behavior and interaction of people in crowds
Best-response reactions
Methods
-Agent-based modeling
-Game theoretic learning models
-Evolutionary game theory
Human behavior
-Psychology
-Observations on real crowds
-Experiments with students
-Similarities with animal swarms
FDS+Evac-simulation model
-Integration of crowd simulation
and state-of-the-art fire simu-
lation
Multi-directional
flow
Fire Evacuation
Applications
Building design:
-Evacuation safety analysis
-Optimization of the usability of
venues
Safety analysis of Porvoo Museum
Design of Helsinki Music Centre

3. Exit selection (with Juha-Matti Kuusinen)
Best-response dynamics for exit selection
Myopic agents minimize their evacuation time (walking time + queuing time)
Results are compared to experimental results