Abstract

In order to better understand human navigation, way-finding, and general spatial behavior, we are conducting research into the effects of social interactions among individuals within a shared space. This paper describes work in the integration of instrumentation of active public areas, macroscopic modeling, microscopic simulation, and experimentation with human subjects. The aim is to produce empirically grounded models of individual and collective spatial behavior. We describe the challenges and lessons learned from our experience with data collection, construction of tractable models, and pilot experiments.

Date

November 1, 2007

Authors

Dylan Shell, Shivakumar Viswanathan, Jing Huang, Rumi Ghosh, Jie Huang, Maja Mataric, Kristina Lerman, Robert Sekuler

Conference

IEEE/RSJ IROS 2007 Workshop: From Sensors to Human Spatial Concepts