scholarly journals A Modified Floor Field Model and Pareto Optimum of Pedestrian Evacuation Efficiency

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Yan Xu ◽  
Li-Jun Tian ◽  
Gui Yong

A modified floor field model is proposed to simulate the pedestrian evacuation behavior in a room with multiple exits. The modification relies upon introduction of a so-called semidynamical floor field which additionally embodies two cognition coefficients related to exit width and pedestrian distribution around exits. The energy consumption and time requirement of evacuees are numerically investigated and the Pareto optimum of evacuation efficiency is obtained by selecting the combinations of the two cognition coefficients.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Yang ◽  
Binxu Wang ◽  
Zheng Qin

A new static floor field method for simulations of evacuation processes based on cellular automaton was presented in this paper. This model applies an inertia static floor field approach to describe the interaction between the pedestrians and the cell. Here we study a rather simple situation and a complex scenario. We simulate and reproduce Seyfried’s field experiments at the Research Centre Jülich and use its empirical data to validate our model. The concept of scenario-familiarity of the crowd has been proposed to explain the model. It is shown that the variation of the model parameters deeply impacts the evacuation efficiency. The relation between minimal evacuation times and the knowledge of the exit that the pedestrian acknowledges is discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1049-1050 ◽  
pp. 1713-1717
Author(s):  
Jing Zhao ◽  
Bin Bing Li ◽  
Lin Feng

In this paper, we improved the traditional FF (floor Field) model by using the theory of cellular automata on personnel evacuation simulation on redefining static and dynamic field strength and adding guide field strength in the model. The extended model analyzed the different impact of directional dynamic guiding mode on personnel evacuation behavior and after the simulation of an evacuation in an imaginary supermarket, the analysis of the situation shows a better result.


2014 ◽  
Vol 505-506 ◽  
pp. 1172-1178
Author(s):  
Sheng Nan Li ◽  
Xin Gang Li

The behavior of pedestrians around the corner of a room or a corridor is one of the most important features in pedestrian evacuating dynamics. In order to study this in detail, an existing potential field model is modified to capture the pedestrian dynamic around corner by introducing a local density parameter. The local density parameter of a cell is defined as the pedestrian occupancy of the surrounding eight neighbors. Simulations are carried out to study pedestrian evacuation in rooms with corners formed by internal obstacles and walls. The simulation results show that the new model can reproduce the empirical pedestrian dynamics around corner. Pedestrians prefer to walk to lower pedestrian density area although the route may be a little longer. It is also shown that the total evacuation time could be reduced for the evacuation corridor is fully utilized.


2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1750128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongxing Li ◽  
Hongfei Jia ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Jian Gong ◽  
Kechao Sun

Considering the process of pedestrian evacuation as pedestrian walking freely from current position to exit and queuing at the exit, estimated evacuation time model for single pedestrian is established. Based on estimated evacuation time and shortest distance, pedestrian exit choice model is established considering pedestrian preference. Pedestrian exit choice model is added into pedestrian simulation model which is built based on cellular automata. Pedestrian evacuation behavior in multi-exits case is simulated. The simulations indicate that pedestrian evacuation model built in our work describes the pedestrian evacuation behavior well.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoling Wu ◽  
Zhenzhou Yuan ◽  
Huixuan Li ◽  
Junfang Tian

The major objective of this paper is to study the effects of heterogeneity on pedestrian dynamics in walkway of subway station. We analyze the observed data of the selected facility and find that walking speed and occupied space were varied in the population. In reality, pedestrians are heterogeneous individuals with different attributes. However, the research on how the heterogeneity affects the pedestrian dynamics in facilities of subway stations is insufficient. The improved floor field model is therefore presented to explore the effects of heterogeneity. Pedestrians are classified into pedestrians walking in pairs, fast pedestrians, and ordinary pedestrians. For convenience, they are denoted asP-pedestrians,F-pedestrians, andO-pedestrians, respectively. The proposed model is validated under homogeneous and heterogeneous conditions. Three pedestrian compositions are simulated to analyze the effects of heterogeneity on pedestrian dynamics. The results show thatP-pedestrians have negative effect andF-pedestrians have positive effect. All of the results in this paper indicate that the capacity of walkway is not a constant value. It changes with different component proportions of heterogeneous pedestrians. The heterogeneity of pedestrian has an important influence on the pedestrian dynamics in the walkway of the subway station.


2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350023 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUN YANG ◽  
ZHONGSHENG HOU ◽  
MINGHUI ZHAN

Simulation of complex scenarios and multi-direction pedestrian flow is a main challenge to microscopic model of pedestrian movement. It is an issue to simulate real pedestrian traffic with great fidelity while keeping its computational cost at an acceptable level. This paper reports on an improved floor field model called vector floor field model to simulate pedestrian flows in some basic scenarios. In this model, vectorization of static floor field and dynamic floor field are used to indicate preference directions and the pedestrian flow tendency, respectively. Pedestrian transition depends on both their preference directions and tendency. The simulations in some basic scenarios are conducted, quantitative comparison to the record of practical experiments and standard floor field model is given as well, and the results indicate the effectivity of this model. An adjusted static vector floor field is also proposed to simulate pedestrian flow in turning scenario. The vector floor field model is also sufficient to simulate some essential features in pedestrian dynamic, such as lane formation. This model can be widely used in the simulation of multi-direction pedestrian at turning, crossing and other junctions.


2015 ◽  
Vol 432 ◽  
pp. 337-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengnan Li ◽  
Xingang Li ◽  
Yunchao Qu ◽  
Bin Jia
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