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Open Space analytical frames

Frame-captured by Author.

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The purpose of this scenario is to investigate agent behaviors as well as the overall crowd dynamics within an open space without the presence of interactive elements. With this, we can observe the agent behaviors in a predominantly agent to agent interactive space and fine tune its agent interaction percentage parameters to better resemble real world crowds. It can be seen here that a percentage of the agents will began talking while others will explore the space before finding an exit and leaving. In doing this, we can also observe a rough limit of 100 agents before the simulation starts to slow down with current hardware, and a limit of 50 agents if a screen capture software is running alongside it.

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Spatial Conditions

The first step is to test this tool within some generic conditions to get a sense of the crowd flow in various spatial typologies. In doing so, we can confirm the agent’s ability to adapt to different spatial scenarios, as well as establish a range of operation potential to better understand the limits of this framework in its current form.

Open Space Condition

Simulated and screen-recorded by Author.