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Can simple transmission chains foster collective intelligence in binary-choice tasks?
Mehdi Moussaid, Kyanoush Seyed Yahosseini
In many social systems, groups of individuals can find remarkably efficient solutions to complex cognitive problems, sometimes even outperforming a single expert. The success of th…
Patterns of cooperation during collective emergencies in the help-or-escape social dilemma
Mehdi Moussaid, Mareike Trauernicht
Although cooperation is central to the organisation of many social systems, relatively little is known about cooperation in situations of collective emergency. When groups of peopl…
Crowd Behaviour during High-Stress Evacuations in an Immersive Virtual Environment
Mehdi Moussaïd, Mubbasir Kapadia, Tyler Thrash +4
Understanding the collective dynamics of crowd movements during stressful emergency situations is central to reducing the risk of deadly crowd disasters. Yet, their systematic expe…
Traffic Instabilities in Self-Organized Pedestrian Crowds
Mehdi Moussaid, Elsa G. Guillot, Mathieu Moreau +7
In human crowds as well as in many animal societies, local interactions among individuals often give rise to self-organized collective organizations that offer functional benefits…
Collective Information Processing and Pattern Formation in swarms, flocks and crowds
Mehdi Moussaid, Simon Garnier, Guy Theraulaz +1
The spontaneous organization of collective activities in animal groups and societies has attracted a considerable amount of attention over the last decade. This kind of coordinatio…