Agitated behavior and elastic characteristics of pedestrians in an alternative floor field model for pedestrian dynamics

2012 ◽  
Vol 391 (7) ◽  
pp. 2390-2400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Fan Xie ◽  
Zi-You Gao ◽  
Xiao-Mei Zhao ◽  
David Zhi-Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Field Model ◽  
Pedestrian Dynamics ◽  
Floor Field ◽  
Elastic Characteristics

scholarly journals Research on the Effects of Heterogeneity on Pedestrian Dynamics in Walkway of Subway Station

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoling Wu ◽  
Zhenzhou Yuan ◽  
Huixuan Li ◽  
Junfang Tian
Keyword(s):  
Walking Speed ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Subway Station ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
Pedestrian Dynamics ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Floor Field ◽  
Subway Stations ◽  
Positive Effect

The major objective of this paper is to study the effects of heterogeneity on pedestrian dynamics in walkway of subway station. We analyze the observed data of the selected facility and find that walking speed and occupied space were varied in the population. In reality, pedestrians are heterogeneous individuals with different attributes. However, the research on how the heterogeneity affects the pedestrian dynamics in facilities of subway stations is insufficient. The improved floor field model is therefore presented to explore the effects of heterogeneity. Pedestrians are classified into pedestrians walking in pairs, fast pedestrians, and ordinary pedestrians. For convenience, they are denoted asP-pedestrians,F-pedestrians, andO-pedestrians, respectively. The proposed model is validated under homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions. Three pedestrian compositions are simulated to analyze the effects of heterogeneity on pedestrian dynamics. The results show thatP-pedestrians have negative effect andF-pedestrians have positive effect. All of the results in this paper indicate that the capacity of walkway is not a constant value. It changes with different component proportions of heterogeneous pedestrians. The heterogeneity of pedestrian has an important influence on the pedestrian dynamics in the walkway of the subway station.

PEDESTRIAN DYNAMICS IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPLEX SCENARIO USING A LOCAL VIEW FLOOR FIELD MODEL

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (08) ◽  
pp. 775-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIA-BEI ZENG ◽  
BIAO LENG ◽  
ZHANG XIONG ◽  
ZHENG QIN
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Convex Polygon ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Pedestrian Dynamics ◽  
Initial Decision ◽  
Global View ◽  
Local View ◽  
Floor Field ◽  
Complex Scenario

In this paper, an extended FF model (floor field model) to simulate pedestrian dynamics in complex scenarios is proposed. Considering that pedestrians are unaware of the global view of traffic path, we introduce pedestrians' local views and propose a framework to change a pedestrian's static floor field each time they enter a new convex area. A pedestrian's view is limited to a convex polygon. When they travel from one convex area to another, they make decisions about the next goal according to the distances between them and the candidate goals, as well as densities of capacity and herding behaviors. Meanwhile, after making an initial decision about the next goal, a pedestrian can estimate the travel time to reach each visible goal and change their path adaptively within the convex area. Simulations in two scenarios are conducted and the results show that pedestrians under local views behave more practically than those under global views in complex scenarios. Parameter settings are also discussed along with suggestions that can be given to designers for improving traffic management.

A New Floor Field Model for Pedestrian Evacuation Considering Local Density

2014 ◽  
Vol 505-506 ◽  
pp. 1172-1178
Author(s):  
Sheng Nan Li ◽  
Xin Gang Li
Keyword(s):  
Potential Field ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Local Density ◽  
Density Parameter ◽  
Evacuation Time ◽  
Pedestrian Dynamics ◽  
Pedestrian Evacuation ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Floor Field ◽  
Simulation Results

The behavior of pedestrians around the corner of a room or a corridor is one of the most important features in pedestrian evacuating dynamics. In order to study this in detail, an existing potential field model is modified to capture the pedestrian dynamic around corner by introducing a local density parameter. The local density parameter of a cell is defined as the pedestrian occupancy of the surrounding eight neighbors. Simulations are carried out to study pedestrian evacuation in rooms with corners formed by internal obstacles and walls. The simulation results show that the new model can reproduce the empirical pedestrian dynamics around corner. Pedestrians prefer to walk to lower pedestrian density area although the route may be a little longer. It is also shown that the total evacuation time could be reduced for the evacuation corridor is fully utilized.

SIMULATION OF PEDESTRIAN DYNAMIC USING A VECTOR FLOOR FIELD MODEL

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350023 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUN YANG ◽  
ZHONGSHENG HOU ◽  
MINGHUI ZHAN
Keyword(s):  
Field Model ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Quantitative Comparison ◽  
Acceptable Level ◽  
Pedestrian Flow ◽  
Pedestrian Movement ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Pedestrian Traffic ◽  
Lane Formation ◽  
Floor Field

Simulation of complex scenarios and multi-direction pedestrian flow is a main challenge to microscopic model of pedestrian movement. It is an issue to simulate real pedestrian traffic with great fidelity while keeping its computational cost at an acceptable level. This paper reports on an improved floor field model called vector floor field model to simulate pedestrian flows in some basic scenarios. In this model, vectorization of static floor field and dynamic floor field are used to indicate preference directions and the pedestrian flow tendency, respectively. Pedestrian transition depends on both their preference directions and tendency. The simulations in some basic scenarios are conducted, quantitative comparison to the record of practical experiments and standard floor field model is given as well, and the results indicate the effectivity of this model. An adjusted static vector floor field is also proposed to simulate pedestrian flow in turning scenario. The vector floor field model is also sufficient to simulate some essential features in pedestrian dynamic, such as lane formation. This model can be widely used in the simulation of multi-direction pedestrian at turning, crossing and other junctions.

scholarly journals A Modified Floor Field Model and Pareto Optimum of Pedestrian Evacuation Efficiency

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Yan Xu ◽  
Li-Jun Tian ◽  
Gui Yong
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Pareto Optimum ◽  
Time Requirement ◽  
Pedestrian Evacuation ◽  
Floor Field ◽  
Evacuation Behavior

A modified floor field model is proposed to simulate the pedestrian evacuation behavior in a room with multiple exits. The modification relies upon introduction of a so-called semidynamical floor field which additionally embodies two cognition coefficients related to exit width and pedestrian distribution around exits. The energy consumption and time requirement of evacuees are numerically investigated and the Pareto optimum of evacuation efficiency is obtained by selecting the combinations of the two cognition coefficients.

scholarly journals Floor Field Model Based on Cellular Automata for Simulating Indoor Pedestrian Evacuation

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Yang ◽  
Binxu Wang ◽  
Zheng Qin
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Field Model ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Field Approach ◽  
Pedestrian Evacuation ◽  
Floor Field ◽  
Complex Scenario

A new static floor field method for simulations of evacuation processes based on cellular automaton was presented in this paper. This model applies an inertia static floor field approach to describe the interaction between the pedestrians and the cell. Here we study a rather simple situation and a complex scenario. We simulate and reproduce Seyfried’s field experiments at the Research Centre Jülich and use its empirical data to validate our model. The concept of scenario-familiarity of the crowd has been proposed to explain the model. It is shown that the variation of the model parameters deeply impacts the evacuation efficiency. The relation between minimal evacuation times and the knowledge of the exit that the pedestrian acknowledges is discussed.

Block-based floor field model for pedestrian’s walking through corner

2015 ◽  
Vol 432 ◽  
pp. 337-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengnan Li ◽  
Xingang Li ◽  
Yunchao Qu ◽  
Bin Jia
Keyword(s):  
Field Model ◽  
Floor Field ◽  
Block Based
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