Festivals in city parks attended by individuals and families are a universal feature of urban life. These venues
often have the common attributes of vendors and other obstacles that restrict pedestrian movement through certain
areas, as well as fixed number of exits. When determining the layout of a venue, it is important to consider the safety
and effectiveness of pedestrian egress. Thus, there is a demand for using simulation to evaluate the different venue
designs. There are different approaches to achieve this, from macro-simulation (Henderson (1974), Helbing (1992),
Treuille et al. (2006), Bauer et al. (2007)) to meso-simulations (Hanisch et al. (2003)) to micro-simulation (Okazaki
(1979), Helbing et al. (2000), Klüpfel et al. (2001)).