Models of Pedestrian Evacuation based on Cellular Automata

• Authors: M. Mrowinski , T. Gradowski , R. Kosinski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We study two models of pedestrian evacuation based on cellular automata and intelligent agents. We use the static floor field approach and augment it with additional transition rules (random movement and preservation of personal space) in order to model various aspects of human behaviour. Through numerical simulations we investigate pedestrian evacuation from rooms with various geometries (e.g. empty room, classroom). Using heatmaps (density diagrams of pedestrians), average evacuation times, velocity and other parameters we study the effectiveness of evacuation and potential dangers pedestrians may encounter.

Keywords

EN

89.40.-a; 45.70.Vn; 05.50.+q; 05.70.Fh

Discipline

• 05.70.Fh: Phase transitions: general studies(see also 05.30.Rt Quantum phase transitions in quantum statistical mechanics; 64.70.Tg Quantum phase transitions in specific phase transitions; 73.43.Nq Quantum phase transitions in quantum Hall effects; for superconductivity phase diagrams, see 74.25.Dw; for magnetic phase boundaries, see 75.30.Kz; for ferroelectric phase transitions, see 77.80.B-)
• 05.50.+q: Lattice theory and statistics (Ising, Potts, etc.)(see also 64.60.Cn Order-disorder transformations, and 75.10.Hk Classical spin models)
• 45.70.Vn: Granular models of complex systems; traffic flow
• 89.40.-a: Transportation

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 121
• Issue: 2B
• Pages: B-95-B-100

Dates

published

2012-02

Contributors

author

M. Mrowinski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland

author

T. Gradowski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland

author

R. Kosinski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warszawa, Poland
• Central Institute of Labor Protection - National Research Institute, Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warszawa, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.121.B-95