<ul><li>Researchers have constructed a theoretical model that forecasts the movements of confined crowds.</li><li>The study aims to predict potentially life-threatening crowd behavior in confined environments.</li><li>The research treated the densely packed crowd as a continuum and observed a phase change in behavior at a critical threshold.</li><li>The results have the potential to contribute to the development of crowd management protocols.</li></ul>

Modelling the motion of confined crowds could help prevent crushing incidents

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