Fractional calculus: A new language for explaining crowd behavior
Monday, September 12, 2016 - 10:01
in Psychology & Sociology
From a very young age, we’re warned against shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theater. The possibility of inciting mass panic presents an obvious moral problem. But for researchers, the situation also presents an interesting mathematical problem: How do large crowds of people behave in emergency situations? While many have turned to classical physics and calculus […]