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Control problems for surveillance and guidance of crowds
We consider control systems representing a set of agents monitoring and guiding a crowd. Three specific applications are considered: traffic management via autonomous vehicles, pedestrian surveillance and guidance via drones, and monitoring and influencing opinion dynamics.
Mathematically, this amounts to a multiscale optimal control problem. The agents’ dynamics are modeled at the microscopic level, while the general crowds are modeled at the macroscopic level.