A potential field approach to the modeling of route choice in pedestrian evacuation
Authored by Ren-Yong Guo, Hai-Jun Huang, S C Wong
Date Published: 2013
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2013/02/p02010
Sponsors:
Chinese National Natural Science Foundation
National Basic Research Program of China
Platforms:
No platforms listed
Model Documentation:
Other Narrative
Flow charts
Mathematical description
Model Code URLs:
Model code not found
Abstract
This study proposes a potential field algorithm for formulating
pedestrian route choice behavior during evacuation in individual-based
models with discrete space representation. The potential field reflects
the effect of the route distance, pedestrian congestion and route
capacity on route choice. Numerical simulations show that the developed
model can reproduce more route choice modes in a scenario compared with
several existing models. Three groups of pedestrian evacuation
experiments are conducted and the proposed model reproduces pedestrian
route choices effectively.
Tags
Simulation
Dynamics
time
Cellular-automaton model
Flow
Obstacles