News:

• T. Grund, C. Waloszek and D. Helbing (2013) How natural selection can create both self- and other-regarding preferences, and networked minds, Scientific Reports, 2, 1480

Relevant publications:

• S. Lämmer and D. Helbing (2008) Self-control of traffic lights and vehicle flows in urban road networks. JSTAT P04019.
• S. Lämmer, R. Donner, and D. Helbing (2008) Anticipative control of switched queueing systems. European Physical Journal B 63(3), 341-348.
• D. Helbing, J. Siegmeier, and S. Lämmer (2007) Self-organized network flows. Networks and Heterogeneous Media 2(2), 193-210.

The talk of Dirk Helbing and others can be found here.

• Lipari School on Computational Complex Systems «Data mining and modeling of complex techno-socio-economic systems» July 6 - July 13,2013, Lipari Island

D. Helbing and P. Mukerji (2012) Crowd disasters as systemic failures: Analysis of the Love Parade Disaster. EPJ Data Science 2012 1:7. See also preprint.

Links to complementary videos can be found here. 

Note that the paper does not make any statements on legal responsibilities of individuals or institutions. For further Questions and Answers regarding the paper, the Love Parade disaster and related issues see this blog.

Please understand that we do not give radio or TV interviews at the moment as the legal case is still under investigation. The first author will try to reply to questions and comments by e-mail in the blog mentioned above. We appreciate your kind interaction. Thank you!

1. M. Moussaïd, D. Helbing, and G. Theraulaz (2011) How simple rules determine pedestrian behavior and crowd disasters. PNAS 108 (17) 6884-6888. 
2. A. Johansson, D. Helbing, H. Z. A-Abideen, and S. Al-Bosta (2008) From crowd dynamics to crowd safety: A video-based analysis. Advances in Complex Systems 11(4), 497-527.
3. D. Helbing, A. Johansson, and H. Z. Al-Abideen (2007) The dynamics of crowd disasters: An empirical study. Physical Review E 75, 046109. See this link for a complementary webpage on how the Hajj was made safer.
4. D. Helbing, I. Farkas, and T. Vicsek (2000) Simulating dynamical features of escape panic. Nature 407, 487-490.
5. D. Helbing, A. Johansson (2010) Pedestrian, Crowd and Evacuation Dynamics. Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science 16, 6476-6495.
6. D. Helbing and A. Johansson (2010) Cooperation, norms, and revolutions: A unified game-theoretical approach. PLoS ONE 5(10), e12530.
7. D. Helbing, H. Ammoser, and C. Kühnert (2005) Disasters as extreme events and the importance of network interactions for disaster response management. Pages 319-348. in: S. Albeverio, V. Jentsch, and H. Kantz (eds.) Extreme Events in Nature and Society (Springer, Berlin).
8. K. Peters, L. Buzna, and D. Helbing (2008) Modelling of cascading effects and efficient response to disaster spreading in complex networks. Int. J. Critical Infrastructures 4(1/2), 46-62.
9. D. Helbing (2010) Systemic Risks in Society and Economics. International Risk Governance Council (irgc).

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• International Workshop on «Agent-Based Models and Complex Techno-Social Systems» July 2-4, 2012, ETH Zurich

• News mining might have predicted Arab Spring
• Signs of impending social and political change may lie hidden in a sea of news reports.
  Nature
  

• Wenn die Masse zur Bedrohung wird (in German, Automatic English Translation)
• Nicht erst seit dem Unglück bei der Loveparade in Duisburg erforschen Wissenschaftler das Risikopotenzial großer Menschenmassen. Neue Simulationen sollen den gefürchteten Crowd Quake jetzt realistischer simulieren.
  Handelsblatt
  

• Rechenmodelle sollen Katastrophen vorhersagen (in German, Automatic English Translation)
  Spiegel Online
  

• Are scientific reputations boosted artificially?

• Reputations emerge in a collective manner. But does this guarantee that fame rests on merit, asks Philip Ball.
  Nature
  

• Predicting crowd behaviour
  PhysicsWorld.com
  

• What Causes Deadly 'Crowd-Quakes'?
  Science
  

• Wenjian Yu wins second prize in Fifth "Chunhui Cup" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest (in Chinese, Automatic English Translation)

• Physik der Finanzmärkte (in German, Automatic English translation).

• Social Network Predicts Flu Spread

• Panikforschung: Selbst Mekka ist beherrschbar (in German, Automatic English translation).

• Who should pay for the police?

• Towards a socio-economic knowledge accelerator.

• Publication on "The outbreak of cooperation among success-driven individuals under noisy conditions".

Further Information and Activities:

• International Workshop on «Agent-Based Models and Complex Techno-Social Systems»July 2-4, 2012, ETH Zurich

• Interdisciplinary Seminar «Modeling Complex Socio-Economic Systems and Crises»
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• International Workshop on «Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systems 2011» June 20-25, 2011, ETH Zurich 

• International Workshop on «Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systes 2009» June 8-12, 2009, ETH Zurich
• with two Satellite Workshops on «Extreme Events in Agent-Based Socio-Economic Models» and «Modelling Interdependency between Technological and Human Systems under Crisis Scenarios»
  

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