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Experimental Study of Phase Transition in Pedestrian Flow

Multiagent Systems 2016-01-27 v1 Physics and Society

Abstract

The transition between low and high density phases is a typical feature of systems with social interactions. This contribution focuses on simple evacuation design of one room with one entrance and one exit; four passing-through experiments were organized and evaluated by means of automatic image processing. The phase of the system, determined by travel time and occupancy, is evaluated with respect to the inflow, a controlled boundary condition. Critical values of inflow and outflow were described with respect to the transition from low density to congested state. Moreover, microscopic analysis of travel time is provided.

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@article{arxiv.1408.6108,
  title  = {Experimental Study of Phase Transition in Pedestrian Flow},
  author = {Marek Bukáček and Pavel Hrabák and Milan Krbálek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.6108},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

To appear in proceedings of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2014, Transportation Research Procedia, Elsevier

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