TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental validation of motor schema-based cellular automaton model for pedestrian dynamics
AU - Weng, Wenguo
AU - Yuan, Hongyong
AU - Fan, Weicheng
AU - Hasemi, Yuji
PY - 2007/6/1
Y1 - 2007/6/1
N2 - In this paper, experiments were carried out to validate the motor schema-based cellular automaton model for pedestrian dynamics presented by Weng et al. [Int. J. Mod. Phys. C17, 853 (2006)]. Unidirectional pedestrian flow with different walk velocities is studied by means of simulations and experiments. The lower walk velocity was provided by the young people with special equipment, which made them walk slowly, to imitate the elderly people. Travel time of each pedestrian from start line to goaJ line with different initial distribution patterns and obstacles in the way was measured to compare with simulation results. The comparison results indicate that the experimental observations can be well reproduced with the motor schema-based cellular automaton model. And the simulation results of the mean travel time agree well with the experimental data.
AB - In this paper, experiments were carried out to validate the motor schema-based cellular automaton model for pedestrian dynamics presented by Weng et al. [Int. J. Mod. Phys. C17, 853 (2006)]. Unidirectional pedestrian flow with different walk velocities is studied by means of simulations and experiments. The lower walk velocity was provided by the young people with special equipment, which made them walk slowly, to imitate the elderly people. Travel time of each pedestrian from start line to goaJ line with different initial distribution patterns and obstacles in the way was measured to compare with simulation results. The comparison results indicate that the experimental observations can be well reproduced with the motor schema-based cellular automaton model. And the simulation results of the mean travel time agree well with the experimental data.
KW - Cellular automaton model
KW - Motor schema-based
KW - Pedestrian dynamics
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U2 - 10.1142/S0129183107011030
DO - 10.1142/S0129183107011030
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548265592
VL - 18
SP - 927
EP - 936
JO - International Journal of Modern Physics C
JF - International Journal of Modern Physics C
SN - 0129-1831
IS - 6
ER -