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Analyses, simulation studies, and commentary from the pedestrian dynamics community.
Why do roaming crowds drift counterclockwise — and where?
A Nature Communications paper reports that freely roaming crowds drift counterclockwise. We rebuilt the experiment in simulation to test whether a slight individual left-turn bias explains it.
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The mathematically optimal boarding method has existed since 2008. We rebuilt the classic studies in JuPedSim to see why it stays on paper.
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