Application of the dynamic Monte Carlo method to pedestrian evacuation dynamics
Nutthavuth Tamang and
Yi Sun
Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2023, vol. 445, issue C
Abstract:
In this study, we investigate a two-dimensional lattice model for crowd evacuation dynamics by using a dynamic Monte Carlo (DMC) method. This model is built on the microscopic Arrhenius dynamics along with the exclusion rule in which stochastic processes govern the individual movements depending on the relative distance to the room exit. Even though individual decision-making procedures can be complicated during the evacuation in an emergency, our model can quantitatively estimate the time for them to evacuate and predict the emerging patterns of the crowds during the process. The results exhibit the phenomena such that pedestrians spontaneously gather at the exit and form an arched shape close to the door. The DMC simulations and observations agree with the corresponding study in the literature. The DMC algorithm is computationally efficient due to its major property —“rejection-free”, which makes it a suitable tool to simulate evacuation dynamics for a large group of pedestrians.
Keywords: Pedestrian dynamics; Evacuation; Dynamic Monte Carlo; Cellular automata; Congestion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2023.127876
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