Publications

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Journal articles

• Kneidl, A. (2018): Crowd Simulation: adding the human factor to reliable Planning. In: FeuerTRUTZ International (1/2018).
• Kneidl, A. (2012): Computing the chances of olympic crowd chaos. In: The Conversation.

White Paper

• 2020: crowd:it - new elevator features
• 2019: BIM2SIM  - Integrating pedestrian simulation in construction processes

Journal articles (science)

• Kneidl, A. (2018): Bridging the gap: Why we need to enhance current simulation models, PED '18, Lund, Sweden.
• Kneidl, A. (2016): Simulation of the Neuschwanstein Castle: Egress of a fairy castle, PED '16, Hefei, China. Slides (PDF).
• Kneidl, A. (2015): How Do People Queue – A Study Of Different Queuing Models, TGF ’15, Delft, Netherlands. Abstract (PDF), Slides (PDF).
• Kneidl, Angelika; Hartmann, Dirk; Borrmann, André (2012): Using a multi-scale model for simulating pedestrian behavior. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, Zürich, Switzerland, 2012
• Butenuth, M.., Burkert, F., Borrmann, A., Kneidl, A., Hinz, S., Schmidt, F., Sirmacek, B. (2011): Integrating pedestrian simulation, tracking and event detection for crowd analysis. In: Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Visual Analysis of Large Crowds, Barcelona, Spain
• Kneidl, A., Borrmann A., Hartmann, D. (2011): Generating sparse navigation graphs for microscopic pedestrian simulation models. In: Proceedings of the EG-ICE Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Civil Engineering. Enschede, The Netherlands (Best Paper Award)
• Höcker, M., Berkhahn, V., Kneidl, A., Borrmann, A. & Klein, W. (2010): Graph-based approaches for simulating pedestrian dynamics in building models. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Product and Process Modeling, Cork, Ireland (Best Paper Award)
• Borrmann, André; Kneidl, Angelika; Köster, Gerta; Ruzika, Stefan; Thiemann, Markus (2012): Bidirectional coupling of macroscopic and microscopic pedestrian evacuation models. In: Safety Science 50 (8), S. 1695–1703.
• Kneidl, Angelika; Hartmann, Dirk; Borrmann, André (2012): Generation and use of sparse navigation graphs for microscopic pedestrian simulation models. In: Advanced Engineering Informatics 26, S. 669–680.
• Kneidl, Angelika; Hartmann, Dirk; Borrmann, André (2013): A hybrid multi-scale approach for simulation of pedestrian dynamics. In: Transportation Research Part C, Vol.37, pp. 223–237
• Kielar, Peter M.; Biedermann, Daniel H.; Kneidl, Angelika; Borrmann, André (2017): A unified pedestrian routing model for graph-based wayfinding built on cognitive principles, Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 2017, DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2017.1309472
• Kielar, P. M., Biedermann, D. H., Kneidl, A., Borrmann, A. (2015): A Unified Pedestrian Routing Model Combining Multiple Graph-Based Navigation Methods. In: Proceedings of the 11. Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow, Nootdrop, Netherland, 2015
• Kneidl, A., Thiemann, M., Hartmann, D., Borrmann, A. (2011): Combining pedestrian simulation with a network flow optimization to support security staff in handling an evacuation of a soccer stadium. In: Proceedings of 23rd European Conference Forum Bauinformatik, Cork, Ireland.
• Borrmann, A., Butenuth, M., Chakraborty, S., Kneidl, A., Schäfer, M. (2011): Towards multi-layer pedestrian interaction models for simulation, tracking, interpretation and indoor navigation. To appear in: Proceedings of 23rd European Conference Forum Bauinformatik, Cork, Ireland.
• Kneidl, A., Borrmann, A. (2011): How Do Pedestrians find their Way? Results of an experimental study with students compared to simulation results. Proceedings of Emergency Evacuation of people from buildings (EMEVAC 2010), Warsaw, Poland.
• Kneidl, A., Thiemann, M., Borrmann, A., Ruzika, S., Hamacher, H. W., Köster, G., Rank, E. (2010): Bidirectional Coupling of Macroscopic and Microscopic Approaches for Pedestrian Behavior Prediction. Pedestrian and evacuation dynamics, 2011, eds R. Peacock, E. Kuligowski & J. Averill, Springer, Berlin.

Joint projects with universities

• 2018: Supervision of Veronika Zwickenpflug's master thesis at the University of Applied Sciences Munich 
• 2018: Supervision of Veronika Zwickenpflug's bachelor thesis at the University of Applied Sciences Munich 
• 2018: Supervision of Zied Omrane's master thesis at the Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis
• 2016: Supervision of Thomas Bareth’s master thesis at the Technical University of Munich, Chair CMS
• 2015: Project seminar at the University of Applied Sciences Munich 
• 2015: Supervision of Benjamin Degenhart’s bachelor thesis at the University of Applied Sciences Munich 

Our partners' publications

Prof. Dr. Gerta Köster

• F. Dietrich and G. Köster (2014): Gradient navigation model for pedestrian dynamics. Physical Review E, 89:062801
• F. Dietrich, G. Köster, M. J. Seitz, I. v. Sivers (2014): Bridging the gap: From cellular automata to differential equation models for pedestrian dynamics, Journal of Computational Science
• M. J. Seitz, G. Köster (2014): How update schemes influence crowd simulations, Journal of Statistical Mechanics
• I.v. Sivers, G. Köster (2014): Dynamic stride lenght adaptation according to utility and personal space, arXiv 1401.7838
• Isabella von Sivers, Anne Templeton, Gerta Köster and John Drury (2014): Humans Do Not Always Act Selfishly: Social Identity and Helping in Emergency Evacuation Simulation, PED 2014
• Gerta Köster and Benedikt Zönnchen (2014): Queuing at bottlenecks using a dynamic floor field for navigation, PED 2014
• Isabella von Sivers, G. Köster (2013): Realistic Stride Length Adaptation in the Optimal Steps Model, TGF ’13
• M. J. Seitz and G. Köster (2012): Natural discretization of pedestrian movement in continuous space, American Physical Society, PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2012, 86, 046108
• G. Köster, M. Seitz, F. Treml, D. Hartmann, W. Klein (2011): On modelling the influence of group formations in a crowd, Contemporary Social Science, 6:3, 397-414, 2011