Title :
Simulation of Influence of Desired Velocity Distribution and Herd Effect on Pedestrian Evacuation
Author :
Yanfei, Yu ; Yonglin, Min
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Fire Res. Inst. of Minist. of Public Security, Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Pedestrian evacuation in a single room is studied using a modified model based on classic social force model. This paper focuses on the influence of desired velocity distribution and herd effect on evacuation. It is shown that crowd with mixed velocities of larger proportion of higher speeds is more efficient to escape. And in situations with limited field of vision, a certain mixture of individualistic and herding behaviors is good for evacuation.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; pedestrians; classic social force model; desired velocity distribution; herd effect; mixed velocity; modified model; pedestrian evacuation; Buildings; Equations; Fires; Force; Mathematical model; Microscopy; Psychology; evacuation; multi-agent system; social force model;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS), 2011 Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hainan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2008-6
DOI :
10.1109/CIS.2011.79
