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Generalized Centrifugal Force Model for Pedestrian Dynamics

Physics and Society 2015-05-19 v2

Abstract

A spatially continuous force-based model for simulating pedestrian dynamics is introduced which includes an elliptical volume exclusion of pedestrians. We discuss the phenomena of oscillations and overlapping which occur for certain choices of the forces. The main intention of this work is the quantitative description of pedestrian movement in several geometries. Measurements of the fundamental diagram in narrow and wide corridors are performed. The results of the proposed model show good agreement with empirical data obtained in controlled experiments.

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@article{arxiv.1008.4297,
  title  = {Generalized Centrifugal Force Model for Pedestrian Dynamics},
  author = {Mohcine Chraibi and Armin Seyfried and Andreas Schadschneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4297},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication as a Regular Article in Physical Review E. This version contains minor changes

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