›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (8): 88901-088901.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/8/088901

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Modeling walking behavior of pedestrian groups with floor field cellular automaton approach

陆丽丽a b, 任刚a b, 王炜a b, 王义a b   

  1. a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;
    b Jiangsu Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, Nanjing 210096, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-03-21 修回日期:2014-04-24 出版日期:2014-08-15 发布日期:2014-08-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51278101 and 51338003), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20120092110043), and the Scientific Innovation Research Project of College Graduate in Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. CXZZ13_0117).

Modeling walking behavior of pedestrian groups with floor field cellular automaton approach

Lu Li-Li (陆丽丽)a b, Ren Gang (任刚)a b, Wang Wei (王炜)a b, Wang Yi (王义)a b   

  1. a Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;
    b Jiangsu Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, Nanjing 210096, China
  • Received:2014-03-21 Revised:2014-04-24 Online:2014-08-15 Published:2014-08-15
  • Contact: Ren Gang E-mail:rengang@seu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51278101 and 51338003), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20120092110043), and the Scientific Innovation Research Project of College Graduate in Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. CXZZ13_0117).

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摘要： Walking in groups is very common in a realistic walking environment. An extended floor field cellular automaton (CA) model is therefore proposed to describe the walking behavior of pedestrian groups. This model represents the motion of pedestrian groups in a realistic way. The simulation results reveal that the walking behavior of groups has an important but negative influence on pedestrian flow dynamics, especially when the density is at a high level. The presence of pedestrian groups retards the emergence of lane formation and increases the instability of operation of pedestrian flow. Moreover, the average velocity and volume of pedestrian flow are significantly reduced due to the group motion. Meanwhile, the parameter-sensitive analysis suggests that pedestrian groups should make a compromise between efficient movement and staying coherent with a certain spatial structure when walking in a dense crowd.

关键词: pedestrian groups, floor field CA model, leader-follower pattern, simulation

Abstract: Walking in groups is very common in a realistic walking environment. An extended floor field cellular automaton (CA) model is therefore proposed to describe the walking behavior of pedestrian groups. This model represents the motion of pedestrian groups in a realistic way. The simulation results reveal that the walking behavior of groups has an important but negative influence on pedestrian flow dynamics, especially when the density is at a high level. The presence of pedestrian groups retards the emergence of lane formation and increases the instability of operation of pedestrian flow. Moreover, the average velocity and volume of pedestrian flow are significantly reduced due to the group motion. Meanwhile, the parameter-sensitive analysis suggests that pedestrian groups should make a compromise between efficient movement and staying coherent with a certain spatial structure when walking in a dense crowd.

Key words: pedestrian groups, floor field CA model, leader-follower pattern, simulation

中图分类号:  (Land transportation)

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