 Modeling and simulation of pedestrian traffic flowGunnar G. Løvås Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 1994, vol. 28, issue 6, 429-443 Abstract: Questions about the efficiency and safety of pedestrian traffic systems are of major importance in the planning and design of such systems. As the use of functional--or performance-based--requirements becomes more popular, there is also an increasing need for methods and tools which can be used to evaluate if these functional requirements are met. This article presents a stochastic model based on the following assumptions: Any pedestrian facility can be modeled as a network of walkway sections. Pedestrian flow in this network can be modeled as a queueing network process, where each pedestrian is treated as a separate flow object, interacting with the other objects. Such a microscopic model is useful because it makes detailed modeling of human behavior possible. This article also presents a simulation tool, of which the main objective is to estimate the relevant performance measures of the pedestrian traffic system. The article includes two examples. Date: 1994 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:transb:v:28:y:1994:i:6:p:429-443 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part B: Methodological is currently edited by Fred Mannering More articles in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological from Elsevier |
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