Simulation model of passenger behavior in transport hubs

This paper presents a simulation model for passenger walking behavior considering the circumstance and interactions of passengers in transport hubs. The potential field concept is introduced to the modeling. Two categories of potential fields: circumstance potential field and individual potential field are defined to provide access to model the passenger decision process influenced by facility arrangement and interference among passengers. Three kinds of latent effects during pedestrian movement, including deterrent effect, guide effect and rejection effect are considered as major factors in the definition of individual potential field. Fundamental diagram test experiment and bi-directional walking experiment run for the model validation and coefficient performance verification. The experimental results show good performance of the model on reflecting collective behavior and behavior under particular circumstances. The presented model is effective in capturing and generating the passenger walking behavior in complicated environment.