This book describes from a computer science viewpoint the software methods of simulating and
analysing crowds with a particular focus on the effects of panic in emergency situations. The
power of modern technology impacts on modern life in multiple ways every day. A variety of
scientific models and computational tools have been developed to improve human safety and
comfort in built environments. In particular understanding pedestrian behaviours during egress
situations is of considerable importance in such contexts. Moreover some places are built for
large numbers of people (such as train stations and airports and high volume special activities
such as sporting events). Simulating Crowds in Egress Scenarios discusses the use of
computational crowd simulation to reproduce and evaluate egress performance in specific
scenarios. Several case studies are included evaluating the work and different analyses and
comparisons of simulation data versus data obtained from real-life experiments are given.
