In this paper we report on a methodology to model pedestrian behaviours whilst aggregate variables are concerned, with potential applications to different situations, such as evacuating a building in emergency events. The approach consists of using UWB (ultra-wide band) based data collection to characterise behaviour in specific scenarios. From a number of experiments carried out, we detail the single-file scenario to demonstrate the ability of this approach to represent macroscopic characteristics of the pedestrian flow. Results are discussed and we can conclude that UWB-based data collection shows great potential and suitability for human trajectory extraction, when compared to other traditional approaches.
@article{arxiv.1303.4696,
title = {Using UWB for Human Trajectory Extraction},
author = {Gonçalo Vasconcelos and Marcelo Petry and João Emílio Almeida and Rosaldo J. F. Rossetti and António Leça Coelho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.4696},
year = {2013}
}
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24th European Modeling & Simulation Symposium - EMSS 2012, Vienna, Austria