Accession Number:

ADA633182

Title:

Mathematical Capture of Human Crowd Behavioral Data for Computational Model Building, Verification, and Validation

Descriptive Note:

Conference paper

Corporate Author:

ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER PICATINNY ARSENAL NJ TARGET BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Mezzacappa, Elizabeth
• Cooke, Gordon
• Reid, Gladstone
• DeMarco, Robert
• Sheridan, Charles
• Riedener, John

Report Date:

2011-03-21

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

This paper describes the Army-funded exploratory work in progress at the Target Behavioral Response Laboratory. Crowd behavior data collected under controlled laboratory conditions form the basis for mathematical models of human behavior, which are then coded into computational models of crowd human behavior. Verification and validation can then proceed with comparisons between outputs from simulations and behavioral data. The results of these preliminary efforts will initiate further work in the methods of incorporating human behavioral data into models and procedures for their validation.

Descriptors:

• *BEHAVIOR
• *COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• *DATA ACQUISITION
• *MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• FIELD THEORY
• NONLETHAL WEAPONS
• VALIDATION
• VERIFICATION

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Numerical Mathematics
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE