Pedestrian and crowd dynamics involves multiple disciplines, including com
puter science, engineering, mathematics, physics, bio-mechanics, psychology, social sci
ence and more. For effective collaboration between disciplines, researchers need a com mon understanding of key concepts. To address this challenge, A Glossary for Human
and Crowd Dynamics was published six years ago, providing researchers with a valuable
reference for cross-disciplinary communication.
We now present the second version, which includes 53 new concepts and 12 revisions
from the first glossary, collaboratively developed by 65 contributors from various disci
plines and regions around the world through a multi-stage process. This process involved
identifying new concepts not covered in the first glossary and suggesting revisions to ex
isting entries, voting on proposed additions and modifications, writing definitions for the
selected concepts, and collaboratively revising and editing the entries.
By introducing new terms and refining existing definitions, this glossary aims to facil
itate clearer communication, improve conceptual consistency, and support collaboration
among researchers working within the field of human and crowd dynamics from diverse
perspectives.