Effect of exit location on flow of mice under emergency condition*

Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFB1200404).

Zhang Teng1, Huang Shen-Shi1, Zhang Xue-Lin1, 2, Lu Shou-Xiang1, †, Li Chang-Hai1
       

Snapshots of mice escaping through the middle- or corner-exit (w = 1, φ = 1) at 5 s. Dotted circle represents mice running to the exit immediately with selfish evacuation behavior. In panel (a), the solid circle shows mice herding into a corner. In panel (b), the solid circle shows mice walking in a wrong direction by blindly following.