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Chin. Phys. B, 2022, Vol. 31(9): 094501    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac65f8
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

A modified heuristics-based model for simulating realistic pedestrian movement behavior

Wei-Li Wang(王维莉)1,†, Hai-Cheng Li(李海城)1, Jia-Yu Rong(戎加宇)1, Qin-Qin Fan(范勤勤)1, Xin Han(韩新)2, and Bei-Hua Cong(丛北华)2
1 Institute of Logistics Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China;
2 Shanghai Institute of Disaster Prevention and Relief, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Abstract  Pedestrian movement simulation models are used in various areas, such as building evacuation, transportation engineering, and safety management of large events. It also provides effective means to uncover underlying mechanisms of collective behaviors. In this work, a modified heuristics-based model is presented. In this model, the potential collisions in the moving process are explicitly considered. Meanwhile, a series of simulations is conducted in two typical scenarios to demonstrate the influence of critical parameters on model performance. It is found that when facing a wide obstacle in a corridor, the larger the visual radius, the earlier the pedestrian starts to make a detour. In addition, when a pedestrian observes a large crowd walking toward him, he chooses to make a detour and moves in the flow in a uniform direction. Furthermore, the model can reproduce the lane formation pedestrian flow phenomena in relatively high-density situations. With the increase of pedestrian visual radius and the weight of potential collision resistance, more stable pedestrian lanes and fewer moving-through-the-counterflow pedestrians can be observed. In terms of model validation, the density-speed relationship of simulation results accords well with that of the published empirical data. Our results demonstrate that the modified heuristics-based model can overcome the deficiency of the original model, and reproduce more realistic pedestrian movement behavior.
Keywords:  heuristics-based model      lane formation      pedestrian flow      potential collisions  
Received:  27 December 2021      Revised:  14 March 2022      Accepted manuscript online:  11 April 2022
PACS:  45.70.Vn (Granular models of complex systems; traffic flow)  
  07.05.Tp (Computer modeling and simulation)  
  89.75.Fb (Structures and organization in complex systems)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71904116) and the Fund from the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, China (Grant No. 19DZ1209600).
Corresponding Authors:  Wei-Li Wang     E-mail:  wlwang@shmtu.edu.cn

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Wei-Li Wang(王维莉), Hai-Cheng Li(李海城), Jia-Yu Rong(戎加宇), Qin-Qin Fan(范勤勤), Xin Han(韩新), and Bei-Hua Cong(丛北华) A modified heuristics-based model for simulating realistic pedestrian movement behavior 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 094501

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