Abstract\u2014Intelligent camera networks have been lately employed for a wide range of heterogeneous purposes, concerning
both security and safety oriented systems. Military and civil
applications ranging from border surveillance and public spaces
monitoring to ambient intelligence and road safety are representative of such various applications. In this paper a discussion
on the exploitation of a cognitive-based architecture, coupling
simulation tools to real scenarios for interaction modelling and
analysis, is presented. The application of the proposed general
framework, which is given the name of Cognitive Node - CN, to
crowd monitoring is hereby presented
