Generalized Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram for Pedestrian Flows

Winnie Daamen (), Victor L. Knoop () and Serge P. Hoogendoorn ()
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Winnie Daamen: Delft University of Technology
Victor L. Knoop: Delft University of Technology
Serge P. Hoogendoorn: Delft University of Technology

A chapter in Traffic and Granular Flow '13, 2015, pp 41-46 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It has been shown that a relation exists between the number of pedestrians in an area and the average flow in that area (production); this is called the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD). Using this relation, we can express the average production of a network as a function of the average density (or accumulation) of the network. One of the assumptions under which a proper shape of the MFD is found, is that the congestion is spread homogeneously over the network. In vehicular traffic, it is shown that when this assumption is relaxed, the spatial variation of density within the network leads to a decreased production. This paper shows to which extent a function of accumulation and an aggregated variable of the spatial spread can predict the performance of a pedestrian traffic flow.

Keywords: Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD); Pedestrian Traffic Flow; Proper Shape; Individual Pedestrians; Large Spatial Distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10629-8_5

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