WeZanlungo, FrancescoCrociani, LucaYücel, ZeynepKanda, Takayuki investigate the effect of groups on a bi-directional flow, focusing on self-organisation phenomena, and more specifically on the time needed for the occurrence of pedestrian lanes, their stability and their effect on the velocity-density relation, and the amount of physical contact in the crowd. We use a novel collision avoidance model considering the asymmetrical shape of the human body, and combine it to a mathematical model of group behaviour. The presence of groups results to have a significant effect on velocity and lane organisation, and a dramatic one on collision. Despite the limitations of our approach, we believe that our results show the great theoretical and practical relevance of group behaviour in pedestrian models, and suggest that realistic results may hardly be achieved simply by adding together modular models.
The Effect of Social Groups on the Dynamics of Bi-Directional Pedestrian Flow: A Numerical Study
Springer Proceedings Phys.
2020-11-17
7 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
crowd dynamics , social groups , simulation Physics , Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics , Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering , Complex Systems , Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences , Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems , Physics and Astronomy
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