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Mexican waves in an excitable medium

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  • I. Farkas

    (Eötvös University Budapest)

  • D. Helbing

    (Institute for Economics and Traffic, Dresden University of Technology)

  • T. Vicsek

    (Eötvös University Budapest)

Abstract

The stimulation of this concerted motion among expectant spectators is explained.

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  • I. Farkas & D. Helbing & T. Vicsek, 2002. "Mexican waves in an excitable medium," Nature, Nature, vol. 419(6903), pages 131-132, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:419:y:2002:i:6903:d:10.1038_419131a
    DOI: 10.1038/419131a
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    1. Farkas, I & Helbing, D & Vicsek, T, 2003. "Human waves in stadiums," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 330(1), pages 18-24.
    2. Wang, Guanning & Chen, Tao & Hu, Xiangmin & Zheng, Huijie & Jiang, Wenyu, 2022. "Wall-following searching or area coverage searching? Simulation study of the panic evacuation considering the guidance of a single rescuer," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 603(C).
    3. Felix Riede & R. Bentley, 2008. "Increasing the relevance of mathematical approaches to demographic history," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 42(2), pages 275-281, April.
    4. Klimek, Peter & Bayer, Werner & Thurner, Stefan, 2011. "The blogosphere as an excitable social medium: Richter’s and Omori’s Law in media coverage," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 390(21), pages 3870-3875.

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