3 papers
physics.comp-ph2026
A Social Force Model of the Evacuation from a Big Box Store
Gavin A. Buxton
We include elliptical cross-sections to physically represent people, and irregular polygons to represent wheelchair users, in an anisotropic social force model whose velocity and a…
physics.soc-ph2024
Epidemiology of the Living Dead: A social Force Model of a Zombie Outbreak
Sydney Balkovitz, Alyssa Croco, Jake Garda +5
We adapt the social force model of crowd dynamics to capture the evacuation during a zombie outbreak from an academic building. Individuals navigate the building, opening doors, an…
physics.comp-ph2024
Ka-chow! A simple irregular 2D lattice model of lightning
Gavin Buxton
A model of lightning that captures the propagation of lightning channels on an irregular lattice is developed. The irregular lattice allows us to capture large two-dimensional syst…