This paper presents a generalized walking cost distribution to determine a dynamic
navigation field in the social force model for pedestrian evacuation. The local walking cost …

Pedestrian dynamics is an interdisciplinary field of research. Psychologists, sociologists,
traffic engineers, physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists all strive to understand …

Pedestrians adjust both speed and stride length when they navigate difficult situations such
as tight corners or dense crowds. They try to avoid collisions and to preserve their personal …

Microscopic simulation of pedestrian traffic is an important and increasingly popular method
to evaluate the performance of existing or proposed infrastructure. The social force model is …

The literature on pedestrian modeling and simulation models is surveyed, with an emphasis
on emergency situations. The state of the art is organized and presented from this …

The significance of developing shared road infrastructure in cities throughout the world is
growing. Driven by the need to improve traffic management in ways that enhance multiple …

An evacuation plan helps people move away from an area or a building. To assist rapid
evacuation, we present an algorithm to compute the optimal route for each local region. The …

Pedestrian dynamics plays an important role in public facility design and evacuation
management. During an escape process from a large public space, crowd behavior is a …

An extended social force model with a dynamic navigation field is proposed to study
bidirectional pedestrian movement. The dynamic navigation field is introduced to describe …

In an emergency situation, the evacuation of a large crowd from a complex building can
become slow or even dangerous without a working evacuation plan. The use of rescue …