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The use of dynamic distance potential fields for pedestrian flow around corners

Multiagent Systems 2010-01-20 v1 Physics and Society

Abstract

This contribution investigates situations in pedestrian dynamics, where trying to walk the shortest path leads to largely different results than trying to walk the quickest path. A heuristic one-shot method to model the influence of the will to walk the quickest path is introduced.

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@article{arxiv.0906.2667,
  title  = {The use of dynamic distance potential fields for pedestrian flow around corners},
  author = {Tobias Kretz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.2667},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Prepared and Accepted for "First International Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management" (ICEM 09)