A Glossary for Research on Human Crowd Dynamics

Juliane Adrian, Martyn Amos, Nikolai Bode, Mitra Baratchi, Mira Beermann, Maik Boltes, Alessandro Corbetta, Guillaume Dezecache, John Drury, Zhijian Fu, Roland Geraerts, Steve Gwynne, Gesine Hofinger, Aoife Hunt, Tinus Kanters, Angelika Kneidl, Krisztina Konya, Gerta Köster, Mira Küpper, Georgios MichalareasFergus Neville, Evangelos Ntontis, Stephen Reicher, Enrico Ronchi, Andreas Schadschneider, Armin Seyfried, Alastair Shipman, Anna Sieben, Michael Spearpoint, Gavin Brent Sullivan, Anne Templeton, Federico Toschi, Zeynep Yücel, Francesco Zanlungo, Iker Zuriguel, Natalie Van Der Wal, Frank Van Schadewijk, Cornelia Von Krüchten, Nanda Wijermans

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Abstract

This article presents a glossary of terms that are frequently used in research on human crowds. This topic is inherently multidisciplinary as it includes work in and across computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, psychology and social science, for example. We do not view the glossary presented here as a collection of finalised and formal definitions. Instead, we suggest it is a snapshot of current views and the starting point of an ongoing process that we hope will be useful in providing some guidance on the use of terminology to develop a mutual understanding across disciplines. The glossary was developed collaboratively during a multidisciplinary meeting. We deliberately allow several definitions of terms, to reflect the confluence of disciplines in the field. This also reflects the fact not all contributors necessarily agree with all definitions in this glossary.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberA19
Number of pages13
JournalCollective Dynamics
Volume4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Mar 2019

Keywords

  • Agency (collective)
  • Agent
  • Behaviour (collective)
  • Bottleneck
  • Capacity
  • Clogging, Arching
  • Cognitive maps
  • Collective action
  • Collectivity
  • Crowd
  • Emotions (group-based and collective)
  • Evacuation
  • Flow
  • Fundamental diagram
  • Group
  • Group coordination
  • Hand calculation
  • Lane formation
  • Navigation mesh
  • Network
  • Others
  • Pedestrian
  • Phenomenon (collective)
  • Pitch invasion
  • Queuing
  • Rituals
  • Routing
  • Social appraisal
  • Social contagion, Social transfer, Social spread
  • Social identity
  • Social norm
  • Social relation
  • Trajectory
  • Wayfinding

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