Experimental Simulation Study of Uni-directional and Bi-directional Pedestrian Flows Based on PTSim

Author

Bin, Chen ; Shi-bo, Zhang ; Yong, Luo

Author_Institution

Sichuan Vocational & Tech. Coll. of Commun., Chengdu, China

Volume

3

fYear

2010

Firstpage

517

Lastpage

520

Abstract

Simulation is an effective means to study pedestrian flow, and PTSim is a pedestrian simulation package developed by the authors. In this study, the authors constructed unidirectional and bidirectional flow simulation experiments in PTSim. Based on the collected data, capacity and Volume-Density-Speed relationships were analyzed for unidirectional situation. Meanwhile, capacity considering LOS for bidirectional flow was also collected; besides, the Lane-Formation phenomenon reappeared in PTSim. The experimental results are useful for pedestrian studies.

Keywords

road traffic; LOS; PTSim; bidirectional pedestrian flows; lane-formation phenomenon; pedestrian simulation package; unidirectional pedestrian flows; volume-density-speed relationships; Analytical models; Automotive engineering; Bidirectional control; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Data analysis; Graphics; Layout; Legged locomotion; Traffic control; PTSim; experiment; pedestrian; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Modeling and Simulation, 2010. ICCMS '10. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sanya, Hainan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5642-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5643-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCMS.2010.478

Filename

5421278