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In pedestrian dynamics, the internal drive that propels individuals toward their goals is typically captured by a single, fixed parameter, the desired walking speed. This simplification overlooks that motivation fluctuates in response to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-04 Ezel Üsten , Anna Sieben , Mohcine Chraibi , Armin Seyfried

Computer-based simulation of pedestrian dynamics reached meaningful results in the last decade, thanks to empirical evidences and acquired knowledge fitting fundamental diagram constraints and space utilization. Moreover, computational…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2016-10-26 Luca Crociani , Daichi Yanagisawa , Giuseppe Vizzari , Katsuhiro Nishinari , Stefania Bandini

This contribution describes efforts to model the behavior of individual pedestrians and their interactions in crowds, which generate certain kinds of self-organized patterns of motion. Moreover, this article focusses on the dynamics of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-09-09 Dirk Helbing , Anders Johansson

In this paper we propose a new modeling technique for vehicular traffic flow, designed for capturing at a macroscopic level some effects, due to the microscopic granularity of the flow of cars, which would be lost with a purely continuous…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-03-25 Emiliano Cristiani , Benedetto Piccoli , Andrea Tosin

This study presents an initial framework for distinguishing group and single pedestrians based on real-world trajectory data, with the aim of analyzing their differences in space utilization and emergent behavioral patterns. By segmenting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Amartaivan Sanjjamts , Morita Hiroshi

The paper analyzes traffic data of the Dutch freeway A9 with respect to certain aspects which are relevant for traffic flow modeling as well as the calibration of model parameters and functions. Apart from the dynamic velocity distribution,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dirk Helbing

In our urbanised societies, the management and regulation of traffic and pedestrian flows is of considerable interest for public safety, economic development, and the conservation of the environment. However, modelling and controlling the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-11-17 Antoine Tordeux , Cécile Appert-Rolland , Alexandre Nicolas , Armin Seyfried , Denis Ullmo

Understanding pattern formation in crossing pedestrian flows is essential for analyzing and managing high-density crowd dynamics in urban environments. This study presents two complementary methodological approaches to detect and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-04-24 Piotr Nyczka , Pratik Mullick

Navigation in dense crowds is a well-known open problem in robotics with many challenges in mapping, localization, and planning. Traditional solutions consider dense pedestrians as passive/active moving obstacles that are the cause of all…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Tingxiang Fan , Dawei Wang , Wenxi Liu , Jia Pan

Usually, routing models in pedestrian dynamics assume that agents have fulfilled and global knowledge about the building's structure. However, they neglect the fact that pedestrians possess no or only parts of information about their…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-02-08 Erik Andresen , David Haensel , Mohcine Chraibi , Armin Seyfried

In this paper, we investigate disparities in pedestrian crossing behaviors within static and dynamic crowds through experimental analysis. First, qualitative trajectory observations revealed significant behavioral differences in static and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-06-19 Jinghui Wang , Yajuan Jiang , Xiaoying Zhang , Fangwei Deng , Wei Lv

Pedestrian arrival times exhibit complex temporal organization across multiple scales, shaped by working hours, transportation schedules, and collective behaviors - features often neglected in conventional pedestrian arrival models. Using a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-08 Caspar A. S. Pouw , Alessandro Corbetta , Alessandro Gabbana , Federico Toschi

This study investigates the dynamics of pedestrian crossing flows with varying crossing angles $\alpha$ to classify different scenarios and derive implications for crowd management. Probability density functions of four key…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-12-03 Pratik Mullick

Balancing traffic flow by influencing drivers' route choices to alleviate congestion is becoming increasingly more appealing in urban traffic planning. Here, we introduce a discrete dynamical model comprising users who make their own…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-09-09 Bo Li , David Saad , Andrey Y. Lokhov

Despite the importance of urban traffic flows, there are only a few theoretical approaches to determine fundamental relationships between macroscopic traffic variables such as the traffic density, the utilization, the average velocity, and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Dirk Helbing

In this paper, we deal with a size-variable group of pedestrians moving in a unknown confined environment and searching for an exit. Pedestrian dynamics are simulated by means of a recently introduced microscopic (agent-based) model,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-06-28 Emiliano Cristiani , Daniele Peri

In order to investigate collective effects of interactions between pedestrians and attractions, this study extends the social force model. Such interactions lead pedestrians to form stable clusters around attractions, or even to rush into…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-09-07 Jaeyoung Kwak , Hang-Hyun Jo , Tapio Luttinen , Iisakki Kosonen

One of the objectives of understanding pedestrian behavior is to predict the effect of proposed changes in the design or evaluation of pedestrian facilities. We want to know the impact to the user of the facilities, as the design of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-09-09 Kardi Teknomo , Yasushi Takeyama , Hajime Inamura

The study of crowd dynamics is interesting because of the various self-organization phenomena resulting from the interactions of many pedestrians, which may improve or obstruct their flow. Besides formation of lanes of uniform walking…

Physics and Society · Physics 2008-10-28 Anders Johansson , Dirk Helbing , Habib Z. Al-Abideen , Salim Al-Bosta

Traffic congestion is a major problem in megacities which increases vehicle emissions and degrades ambient air quality. Various models have been developed to address the universal features of traffic jams. These models range from micro…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-11-08 Sasan Ebrahimabadi , Ali Hosseiny , Jingfang Fan , Abbas Ali Saberi