Do Groups Matter? An Agent-based Modeling Approach to Pedestrian Egress

Authors

Andrew Collins, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
Terra Elzie, Old Dominion University
Erika Frydenlund, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
R. Michael Robinson, Old Dominion UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

DOI

10.1016/j.trpro.2014.09.051

Publication Title

Transportation Research Procedia

Volume

2

Pages

430-435

Conference Name

The Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2014 (PED2014)

Abstract

Festivals in city parks attended by individuals and families are a universal feature of urban life. These venues often have the common attributes of vendors and other obstacles that restrict pedestrian movement through certain areas, as well as fixed number of exits. In this study, the authors build an agent-based model (ABM) that incorporates group cohesion forces into this type of pedestrian egress scenario. The scenario considered was an evacuation of 500 people through a single exit. This allowed an investigation into the use of two different simulated pedestrian's heading updating rules.

Comments

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

Original Publication Citation

Collins, A., Elzie, T., Frydenlund, E., & Robinson, R. M. (2014). Do groups matter? An agent-based modeling approach to pedestrian egress. Transportation Research Procedia, 2, 430-435. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2014.09.051

ORCID

0000-0002-7694-7845 (Frydenlund)

Repository Citation

Collins, Andrew; Elzie, Terra; Frydenlund, Erika; and Robinson, R. Michael, "Do Groups Matter? An Agent-based Modeling Approach to Pedestrian Egress" (2014). VMASC Publications. 15.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/vmasc_pubs/15