Effects of communication and utility-based decision making in a simple model of evacuation

M. Smyrnakis and T. Galla ()

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2012, vol. 85, issue 11, 1-9

Abstract: We present a simple cellular automaton based model of decision making during evacuation. Evacuees have to choose between two different exit routes, resulting in a strategic decision making problem. Agents take their decisions based on utility functions, these can be revised as the evacuation proceeds, leading to complex interaction between individuals and to jamming transitions. The model also includes the possibility to communicate and exchange information with distant agents, information received may affect the decision of agents. We show that under a wider range of evacuation scenarios performance of the model system as a whole is optimal at an intermediate fraction of evacuees with access to communication. Copyright EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

Keywords: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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