A cooperative multi-agent approach for stabilizing the psychological dynamics of a two-dimensional crowd

In this paper we extend our earlier work on the stabilization of crowds that are governed by psychological dynamics derived from Le Bon´s late nineteenth-century suggestibility theory. Earlier work was restricted to the case where the crowd is one-dimensional, but now a general two-dimensional crowd is considered. The control scheme involves placing within the crowd various control agents who act as sensors, actuators, and processors. We analyze whether stabilization is possible for a given configuration of control agents, and we present an algorithm that positions control agents in a way that guarantees stabilizability. We include analysis of the control agent sensing load and requirements on inter-control-agent communication.