Modeling agent formations in two-party adversarial crowds : the case of kettling and bodyguard formations

• Main Author: VECTOR ION, POSADAS
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Subjects: Crowds > Computer simulation > Case studies; Collective behavior > Computer simulation; Collective behavior > Control; Multiagent systems; Intelligent agents (Computer software) Bodyguards, Training of
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theses-dissertations/292
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study makes use of an adapted agent-based crowd model that simulates the behavior of two-party adversarial crowds in two real-world scenarios: a kettling (containment) formation of police blocking the passage of a protester crowd; and a leader protec