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Order-disorder transition in multidirectional crowds.

Karol A Bacik¹, Grzegorz Sobota², Bogdan S Bacik²

¹Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142.

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Crowd behavior transitions from disordered to ordered motion, forming lanes, as population heterogeneity increases. This order-disorder transition is driven by collision avoidance maneuvers, observed in simulations and experiments.

Keywords:

active matter pedestrian dynamics self-organized

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Area of Science:

Physics of active matter
Collective behavior dynamics
Nonlinear dynamics and statistical physics

Background:

Active flows, like pedestrian crowds, exhibit complex collective motion.
Disordered, isotropic motion contrasts with ordered, lane-like structures in confined spaces.
Understanding crowd dynamics is crucial for urban planning and safety.

Purpose of the Study:

To characterize the physics of the order-disorder transition in active flows.
To develop a theoretical framework for heterogeneous population dynamics.
To identify the critical parameters governing spontaneous lane formation.

Main Methods:

Theoretical analysis using hydrodynamic theory for collisional flows.
Numerical simulations of agent-based models.
Controlled experiments with human crowds.

Main Results:

Identified a critical threshold for population heterogeneity triggering the order-disorder transition.
Developed a hydrodynamic theory predicting spontaneous lane formation.
Observed consistency between theoretical predictions, simulations, and experimental data.

Conclusions:

Population heterogeneity and collision avoidance are key factors in crowd ordering.
The study provides a physics-based understanding of pedestrian lane formation.
Findings are applicable to modeling and managing pedestrian flow in various environments.