Title
Integrating Information Theory in Agent-Based Crowd Simulation Behavior Models
Abstract
Crowds must be simulated believable in terms of their appearance and behavior to improve a virtual environment's realism. Due to the complex nature of human behavior, realistic behavior of agents in crowd simulations is still a challenging problem. In this paper, we propose a novel behavioral model which builds analytical maps to control agents’ behavior adaptively with agent–crowd interaction formulations. We introduce information theoretical concepts to construct analytical maps automatically. Our model can be integrated into crowd simulators and enhance their behavioral complexity. We made comparative analyses of the presented behavior model with measured crowd data and two agent-based crowd simulators.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1093/comjnl/bxr014
Comput. J.
Keywords
Field
DocType
behavior model,integrating information theory,human behavior,agent-based crowd simulation behavior,behavior adaptively,agent-based crowd simulator,crowd simulation,realistic behavior,crowd interaction formulation,measured crowd data,crowd simulator,analytical map,behavior modeling,information theory
Information theory,Crowds,Virtual machine,Computer science,Behavioral modeling,Human–computer interaction,Crowd simulation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
54
11
0010-4620
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.60
14
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Cagatay Turkay128722.63
Emre Koc2192.26
Selim Balcisoy326437.15