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Time-continuous microscopic pedestrian models: an overview

Physics and Society 2023-10-25 v3

Abstract

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 and anticipation techniques through optimisation problems. The overview focuses on the mathematical aspects of the models and their different components. We include methods used for data-based calibration of model parameters, hybrid approaches incorporating neural networks, and purely data-based models fitted by deep learning. The conclusion outlines some development perspectives that we expect to grow in the coming years.

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@article{arxiv.2308.07450,
  title  = {Time-continuous microscopic pedestrian models: an overview},
  author = {Raphael Korbmacher and Alexandre Nicolas and Antoine Tordeux and Claudia Totzeck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.07450},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

26 pages; chapter accepted for publication in Crowd Dynamics (vol. 4)

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