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SESAK: A Crowd Simulation Tool

Software Description

SESAK is a copyright crowd simulation software (copyright no: LY2021E03836) that has been developed by our team to simulate the movement of crowd in a space/area to provide insights on how crowd would behave in different environments. It can be used to evaluate performance and safety of environment in every phase of the life cycle; from design to operation. In this tool, SESAK software will be integrated with building design drawing to anticipate congestions occurences and propose alternative solutions or remedial actions to designers using swarm intelligence optimization.

Model Development

• Crowd Dynamics using Social Force Model
• Path Finding using A* Algorithm
• Optimization Engine using Artificial Bee Colony Optimization

Environment Drawing

• Support Modular Type Building Design (using vertical and horizontal line)
• Customized Door Sizes
• Customized Comfort Test Zone
• Customized Evacuation Area
• Customized Agent Position, Walk Speed and Body Radius

Fundamental Analysis

• Evacuation Time
• Number of Evacuated People
• Crowd Speed, Flow and Density (Fundamental Graph)

Installation

Environment Support

Windows 10

Quick Setup

1. Clone this repo by run this command:

git clone https://github.com/aqillakhamis/SESAK-Crowd-Simulation-Tool.git

2. Run executable application located inside bin/v1.0 folder

3. Run application Sesak.exe

4. Guideline on how to use this software can be referred from user manual folder

References

There are 2 type of objective function used in the optimization algorithm which are;

• single-objective problem (evacuation time)
• multi-objective problem (evacuation time and discomfort)

Detail publications on the crowd simulation model (crowd dynamics) and optimization algorithm used in this software is available from here.

[1] Khamis, N., Selamat, H., Ismail, F. S., Lutfy, O. F., Haniff, M. F., & Nordin, I. N. A. M. (2020). Optimized exit door locations for a safer emergency evacuation using crowd evacuation model and artificial bee colony optimization. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 131, 109505.

@article{khamis2020optimized,
  title={Optimized exit door locations for a safer emergency evacuation using crowd evacuation model and artificial bee colony optimization},
  author={Khamis, Nurulaqilla and Selamat, Hazlina and Ismail, Fatimah Sham and Lutfy, Omar Farouq and Haniff, Mohamad Fadzli and Nordin, Ili Najaa Aimi Mohd},
  journal={Chaos, Solitons \& Fractals},
  volume={131},
  pages={109505},
  year={2020},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

[2] Khamis, N., Selamat, H., Ismail, F. S., & Lutfy, O. F. (2019). Optimal exit configuration of factory layout for a safer emergency evacuation using crowd simulation model and Multi-Objective Artificial Bee Colony optimization. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 11(4).

@article{khamis2019optimal,
  title={Optimal exit configuration of factory layout for a safer emergency evacuation using crowd simulation model and Multi-Objective Artificial Bee Colony optimization},
  author={Khamis, Nurulaqilla and Selamat, Hazlina and Ismail, Fatimah Sham and Lutfy, Omar Farouq},
  journal={International Journal of Integrated Engineering},
  volume={11},
  number={4},
  year={2019}
}

Contact

If you have any technical issues in using this software, please do not hesitate to contact us via this email [email protected], [email protected]