Analysis of Empirical Trajectory Data of Pedestrians

Anders Johansson () and Dirk Helbing ()
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Anders Johansson: ETH Zurich, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dirk Helbing: ETH Zurich, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

A chapter in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008, 2010, pp 203-214 from Springer

Abstract: Summary We investigate how the characteristics and dynamics of a crowd is changing when the crowd density is increased from a few pedestrians only, up to extremely high crowd densities. Video analysis of the crowd disaster in Mina, Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia, in 2006 gives an empirical base for further analysis which reveals two transitions of the flow; one transition from laminar flow to stop-and-go flow and a second transition to turbulent flow. Finally, an improved specification of the social-force model is suggested in order to explain some of the phenomena occurring in dense crowds.

Keywords: Forecast Time; Crowd Density; Fundamental Diagram; Microscopic Simulation; Tilted Line (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04504-2_15

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