Analysing the effectiveness of wearable wireless sensors in controlling crowd disasters

• Main Authors: Angela, Teo Yu Hui, Viswanathan, Vaisagh, Lees, Michael, Cai, Wentong
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104758; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20327
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Love Parade disaster in Duisberg, Germany lead to several deaths and injuries. Disasters like this occur due to the existence of high densities in a limited area. We propose a wearable electronic device that helps reduce such disasters by directing people and thus controlling the density of the...