Khalil Chebil^1,2, Skander Htiouech³, Mahdi Khemakhem^1,2,4,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.1, pp. 233-263, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.026476

Abstract Crowd management and analysis (CMA) systems have gained a lot of interest in the vulgarization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) use. Crowd tracking using UAVs is among the most important services provided by a CMA. In this paper, we studied the periodic crowd-tracking (PCT) problem. It consists in using UAVs to follow-up crowds, during the life-cycle of an open crowded area (OCA). Two criteria were considered for this purpose. The first is related to the CMA initial investment, while the second is to guarantee the quality of service (QoS). The existing works focus on very specified assumptions that are highly… More >

Mohammad Yamin^1,*, Mishaal Mofleh Almutairi², Saeed Badghish³, Saleh Bajaba⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 4965-4981, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033705

Abstract Due to the rapid increase in urbanization and population, crowd gatherings are frequently observed in the form of concerts, political, and religious meetings. HAJJ is one of the well-known crowding events that takes place every year in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Crowd density estimation and crowd monitoring are significant research areas in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. The current research study develops a new Sparrow Search Optimization with Deep Transfer Learning based Crowd Density Detection and Classification (SSODTL-CD2C) model. The presented SSODTL-CD2C technique majorly focuses on the identification and classification of crowd densities. To attain this, SSODTL-CD2C technique exploits Oppositional Salp Swarm… More >

Mahwish Pervaiz¹, Mohammad Shorfuzzaman², Abdulmajeed Alsufyani², Ahmad Jalal³, Suliman A. Alsuhibany⁴, Jeongmin Park^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 841-853, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.029629

Abstract Crowd management becomes a global concern due to increased population in urban areas. Better management of pedestrians leads to improved use of public places. Behavior of pedestrian’s is a major factor of crowd management in public places. There are multiple applications available in this area but the challenge is open due to complexity of crowd and depends on the environment. In this paper, we have proposed a new method for pedestrian’s behavior detection. Kalman filter has been used to detect pedestrian’s using movement based approach. Next, we have performed occlusion detection and removal using region shrinking method to isolate occluded… More >

Riad Alharbey¹, Ameen Banjar¹, Yahia Said^2,3,*, Mohamed Atri⁴, Abdulrahman Alshdadi¹, Mohamed Abid⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.3, pp. 6275-6291, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024272

Abstract Hajj and Umrah are two main religious duties for Muslims. To help faithfuls to perform their religious duties comfortably in overcrowded areas, a crowd management system is a must to control the entering and exiting for each place. Since the number of people is very high, an intelligent crowd management system can be developed to reduce human effort and accelerate the management process. In this work, we propose a crowd management process based on detecting, tracking, and counting human faces using Artificial Intelligence techniques. Human detection and counting will be performed to calculate the number of existing visitors and face… More >

Durr-e-Nayab¹, Ali Mustafa Qamar^2,*, Rehan Ullah Khan³, Waleed Albattah³, Khalil Khan⁴, Shabana Habib³, Muhammad Islam⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.3, pp. 5581-5601, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.022153

Abstract The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the entire world and has put forth high demand for techniques that remotely manage crowd-related tasks. Video surveillance and crowd management using video analysis techniques have significantly impacted today's research, and numerous applications have been developed in this domain. This research proposed an anomaly detection technique applied to Umrah videos in Kaaba during the COVID-19 pandemic through sparse crowd analysis. Managing the Kaaba rituals is crucial since the crowd gathers from around the world and requires proper analysis during these days of the pandemic. The Umrah videos are analyzed, and a… More >

Muhammad Asif Nauman^*, Muhammad Shoaib

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.1, pp. 925-939, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.022147

Abstract Real time crowd anomaly detection and analyses has become an active and challenging area of research in computer vision since the last decade. The emerging need of crowd management and crowd monitoring for public safety has widen the countless paths of deep learning methodologies and architectures. Although, researchers have developed many sophisticated algorithms but still it is a challenging and tedious task to manage and monitor crowd in real time. The proposed research work focuses on detection of local and global anomaly detection of crowd. Fusion of spatial-temporal features assist in differentiation of feature trained using Mask R-CNN with Resnet101… More >

Emad Felemban¹, Faizan Ur Rehman^2,*, Akhlaq Ahmad², Muhamad Felemban³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.31, No.3, pp. 1361-1375, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.020235

Abstract Managing events pose a unique challenge to the stakeholders and authorities to control the crowd in all three phases of the event (pre, during and post), ensuring crowd safety. One of the fundamental keys to provide crowd safety is to consider the mobility infrastructure hosting the crowd, i.e., routes, areas, entrances and exits. During Hajj, where millions of pilgrims worldwide fulfil the annual event’s rites, mina encampment incorporates pilgrims performing recurring stoning ritual conducted over multi-level Jamarat bridge. Pilgrims mobility through the available complex road network, to and back from the Jamarat bridge, forces upon authorities in charge to set… More >

Fatmah Abdulrahman Baothman^*, Osama Ahmed Abulnaja, Fatima Jafar Muhdher

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.3, pp. 3337-3363, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.017637

Abstract Existing literature shows cultural crowd management has unforeseen issues due to four dynamic elements; time, capacity, speed, and culture. Cross-cultural variations are increasing the complexity level because each mass and event have different characteristics and challenges. However, no prior study has employed the six Hofstede Cultural Dimensions (HCD) for predicting crowd behaviors. This study aims to develop the Cultural Crowd-Artificial Neural Network (CC-ANN) learning model that considers crowd’s HCD to predict their physical (distance and speed) and social (collectivity and cohesion) characteristics. The model was developed towards a cognitive intelligent decision support tool where the predicted characteristics affect the estimated… More >

Waleed Albattah^1,*, Muhammad Haris Kaka Khel², Shabana Habib¹, Muhammad Islam³, Sheroz Khan^3,4, Kushsairy Abdul Kadir²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.2, pp. 2183-2197, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.014227

Abstract Hajj as the Muslim holy pilgrimage, attracts millions of humans to Mecca every year. According to statists, the pilgrimage has attracted close to 2.5 million pilgrims in 2019, and at its peak, it has attracted over 3 million pilgrims in 2012. It is considered as the world’s largest human gathering. Safety makes one of the main concerns with regards to managing the large crowds and ensuring that stampedes and other similar overcrowding accidents are avoided. This paper presents a crowd management system using image classification and an alarm system for managing the millions of crowds during Hajj. The image classification… More >