Panic evacuation of single pedestrians and couples

G. A. Frank and C. O. Dorso ()
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G. A. Frank: Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Av. Medrano 951, 1179 Buenos Aires, Argentina
C. O. Dorso: Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón I, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2016, vol. 27, issue 08, 1-16

Abstract: Understanding the timing requirements for evacuation of people has focused primarily on independent pedestrians rather than pedestrians emotionally connected. However, the main statistical effects observed in crowds, the so-called “faster is slower”, “clever is not always better” and the “low visibility enhancement”, cannot explain the overall behavior of a crowd during an evacuation process when correlated pedestrians due to, for example feelings, are present. Our research addresses this issue and examines the statistical behavior of a mixture of individuals and couples during a (panic) escaping process. We found that the attractive feeling among couples plays an important role in the time delays during the evacuation of a single exit room.

Keywords: Evacuation; panic; couples; time delays (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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