Wenfeng Yi

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Wenfeng Yi is a rising scholar in the field of crowd dynamics and pedestrian evacuation modeling, with a particular focus on the cognitive and behavioral factors that influence human movement in dense environments. His research integrates vision-based heuristics with moral decision-making, leading to the development of an extended queueing model for crowd evacuation that accounts for both visual perception and ethical considerations during emergencies. This work, published in 2022 and garnering 13 citations, offers a more realistic framework for simulating how people navigate crowded spaces under stress. Yi further advanced the field by modeling mutual anticipation in human crowds with attention distractions, a 2023 study with 10 citations that explores how distracted pedestrians—such as those using mobile phones—affect the self-organizing behaviors of crowds. By incorporating attention-related variables into interaction models, his work provides critical insights for managing large-scale gatherings and improving evacuation protocols. Yi’s contributions are particularly notable for bridging psychological realism with computational modeling, offering practical implications for urban planners, safety engineers, and researchers studying complex social systems.