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AIS
2015
Springer
8 years 7 months ago
Simulating effects of signage, groups, and crowds on emergent evacuation patterns
Studies of past emergency events have revealed that occupants’ behaviors, egress signage system, local geometry, and environmental constraints affect crowd movement and govern th...
Mei Ling Chu, Paolo Parigi, Jean-Claude Latombe, K...
AIS
2015
Springer
8 years 7 months ago
A social contract for virtual institutions
Computer-mediated social groups, often known as virtual communities, are now giving a more durable and more abstract phenomenon: the emergence of virtual institutions. These social...
Daniel Memmi
AIS
2015
Springer
8 years 7 months ago
Information technology as social phenomenon
Computer science is of course first of all a technological domain, but it has also become an important social phenomenon as well. Information processing techniques fulfill crucial ...
Daniel Memmi