Pedestrian walking behavior revealed through a random walk model

DOI10.1155/2012/405907MaRDI QIDQ1936016zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Hui Xiong, Liya Yao, Huachun Tan, Wuhong Wang

Publication date 21 February 2013

Published in Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/405907

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Traffic problems in operations research (90B20)

Review text

Summary: This paper applies method of continuous-time random walks for pedestrian flow simulation. In the model, pedestrians can walk forward or backward and turn left or right if there is no block. Velocities of pedestrian flow moving forward or diffusing are dominated by coefficients. The waiting time preceding each jump is assumed to follow an exponential distribution. To solve the model, a second-order two-dimensional partial differential equation, a high-order compact scheme with the alternating direction implicit method, is employed. In the numerical experiments, the walking domain of the first one is two-dimensional with two entrances and one exit, and that of the second one is two-dimensional with one entrance and one exit. The flows in both scenarios are one way. Numerical results show that the model can be used for pedestrian flow simulation.

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