The author of this thesis organizes major open air events since five years. After the Love Parade disaster in 2010, the research of pedestrian crowds got more and more to the attention of scientists. Therefore, a lot of basic research has been conducted. Pedestrian simulation constitutes a large part of it. Various new approaches and software packages have been developed. Basic terms and models are described and two software packages are presented and compared in this thesis; the black box solution AnyLogic and a multiscale framework. Both are used to simulate five different scenarios. Furthermore, other assistance systems are introduced and examined for their practical benefit in the context of open air events: the Building Information Modelling method and Oppilatio. The former is a new planning method of the building sector. With its new publisher-independent data format, it helps connecting the different parties. Furthermore, the visualizing of the event design is examined by realizing various changes in the site layout with Autodesk's BIM software Revit. Oppilatio is a software to identify the paths visitors have chosen to get to the event site. Through the use of different algorithms, it is capable to calculate the used paths with little input data. Just the timestamped entrance data and the public transportation timetable are necessary to receive the according densities. Therefore, it is a cheap alternative to the usual monitoring. In the final chapter a professional safety concept is summarized and commented. Furthermore, a list is created to help novices organizing a small open air event. Important information is provided and exemplary numbers are presented.     «

The author of this thesis organizes major open air events since five years. After the Love Parade disaster in 2010, the research of pedestrian crowds got more and more to the attention of scientists. Therefore, a lot of basic research has been conducted. Pedestrian simulation constitutes a large part of it. Various new approaches and software packages have been developed. Basic terms and models are described and two software packages are presented and compared in this thesis; the black box solu...     »