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We propose a method that augments a simulated dataset using diffusion models to improve the performance of pedestrian detection in real-world data. The high cost of collecting and annotating data in the real-world has motivated the use of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Andrew Farley , Mohsen Zand , Michael Greenspan

To better design safe and comfortable urban spaces, understanding the nature of human crowd movement is important. However, precise interactions among pedestrians are difficult to measure in the presence of their complex decision-making…

Recently, pedestrian behavior research has shifted towards machine learning based methods and converged on the topic of modeling pedestrian interactions. For this, a large-scale dataset that contains rich information is needed. We propose a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-02 Allan Wang , Abhijat Biswas , Henny Admoni , Aaron Steinfeld

We give an overview of time-continuous pedestrian models with a focus on data-driven modelling. Starting from pioneer, reactive force-based models we move forward to modern, active pedestrian models with sophisticated collision-avoidance…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-10-25 Raphael Korbmacher , Alexandre Nicolas , Antoine Tordeux , Claudia Totzeck

An aging population is bringing new challenges to the management of escape routes and facility design in many countries. This paper investigates pedestrian movement properties of crowd with different age compositions. Three pedestrian…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-08-24 Shuchao Cao , Jun Zhang , Daniel Salden , Jian Ma , Chang'an Shi , Ruifang Zhang

We develop predictive models of pedestrian dynamics by encoding the coupled nature of multi-pedestrian interaction using game theory, and deep learning-based visual analysis to estimate person-specific behavior parameters. Building…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-29 Wei-Chiu Ma , De-An Huang , Namhoon Lee , Kris M. Kitani

In animal societies as well as in human crowds, many observed collective behaviours result from self-organized processes based on local interactions among individuals. However, models of crowd dynamics are still lacking a systematic…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-09-30 Mehdi Moussaid , Dirk Helbing , Simon Garnier , Anders Johansson , Maud Combe , Guy Theraulaz

The motion of pedestrian crowds (e.g. for simulation of an evacuation situation) can be modeled as a multi-body system of self driven particles with repulsive interaction. We use a few simple situations to determine the simplest allowed…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-12-04 B. Steffen

Modeling crowd behavior relies on accurate data of pedestrian movements at a high level of detail. Imaging sensors such as cameras provide a good basis for capturing such detailed pedestrian motion data. However, currently available…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2012-10-11 Stefan Seer , Norbert Brändle , Carlo Ratti

This paper presents a learning-based model of pedestrian flows that integrates multi scale behaviors such as global route selection and local collision avoidance in urban spaces, particularly focusing on pedestrian movements at Shibuya…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Akihiro Sakurai , Naoya Kajio , Ko Yamamoto

This article considers execution and analysis of laboratory experiments of pedestrians moving in a quasi-one-dimensional system with periodic boundary conditions. To analyze characteristics of jams in the system we aim to use the whole…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-02-10 Verena Ziemer , Armin Seyfried , Andreas Schadschneider

Traffic safety at intersections is studied quantitatively using methods from Statistical Mechanics on the basis of simple microscopic traffic flow models. In order to determine a relationship between traffic flow and the number of crashes,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-11-17 Andreas Leich , Ronald Nippold , Andreas Schadschneider , Peter Wagner

Studies of object detection and localization, particularly pedestrian detection have received considerable attention in recent times due to its several prospective applications such as surveillance, driving assistance, autonomous cars, etc.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-12-24 Sudip Das , Partha Sarathi Mukherjee , Ujjwal Bhattacharya

Mathematical models of pedestrian evacuation and the associated simulation software have become essential tools for the assessment of the safety of public facilities and buildings. While a variety of models are now available, their…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2016-09-14 Alexandre Nicolas , Sebastián Bouzat , Marcelo Kuperman

Pedestrian egress from training schools in the after-class period (especially in China, as children walk down stairs together with their parents) raises practical concerns related to degraded flow conditions and possible safety hazards, but…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-02-15 Chuan-Zhi Xie , Tie-Qiao Tang , Bo-Tao Zhang , Alexandre Nicolas

We introduce a method for generating realistic pedestrian trajectories and full-body animations that can be controlled to meet user-defined goals. We draw on recent advances in guided diffusion modeling to achieve test-time controllability…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Davis Rempe , Zhengyi Luo , Xue Bin Peng , Ye Yuan , Kris Kitani , Karsten Kreis , Sanja Fidler , Or Litany

Traffic microsimulation is a crucial tool that uses microscopic traffic models, such as car-following and lane-change models, to simulate the trajectories of individual agents. This digital platform allows for the assessment of the impact…

Applications · Statistics 2024-10-01 Yanbing Wang , Felipe de Souza , Dominik Karbowski

The growth of the number of people in the monitoring scene may increase the probability of security threat, which makes crowd counting more and more important. Most of the existing approaches estimate the number of pedestrians within one…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-12-18 Liqing Gao , Yanzhang Wang , Xin Ye , Jian Wang

We propose in this paper a minimal speed-based pedestrian model for which particle dynamics are intrinsically collision-free. The speed model is an optimal velocity function depending on the agent length (i.e.\ particle diameter), maximum…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-12-19 Antoine Tordeux , Mohcine Chraibi , Armin Seyfried

Traffic waves can rise even from single lane car-following behaviour. To better understand and mitigate traffic waves, it is necessary to use analytical tools like mathematical models, data analysis, and micro-simulations that can capture…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-10-10 Nour Khoudari , Rabie Ramadan , Megan Ross , Benjamin Seibold