Paper Info
Title
An Enhanced Cellular Automata Sub-Mesh Model To Study High-Density Pedestrian Crowds
Abstract
This study presents an alternative mesh system for the floorfield Cellular Automata model which allows reproducing relevant phenomena observed in high density crowds. Sub-mesh positions are created at the edges and at the corners of adjacent cells to increase the mobility in dense crowds. Special rules are introduced to constrain the use of those additional positions and recreate some behavioral features observed in reality. The model was calibrated and validated using empirical data showing good agreement, while similar results could not be obtained using the standard mesh. Finally it was shown that the introduction of the corner sub-mesh position enhances the quality of the results in case of diagonal motion. The model presented here may allow a more accurate investigation of the crowd accidents occurred in the past and prevent a potential re-occurrence in the future.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/978-3-319-44365-2_23
CELLULAR AUTOMATA, ACRI 2016
Field
DocType
Volume
Diagonal,Crowds,Cellular automaton,Pedestrian,Mesh model,Computer science,High density,Algorithm,Theoretical computer science
Conference
9863
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0302-9743
0
0.34
References 
Authors
5
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Claudio Feliciani141.92
Katsuhiro Nishinari218947.27