Potential Field Cellular Automata Model for Pedestrian Evacuation in a Domain with a Ramp

We propose a potential field cellular automata model with a pushing force field to simulate the pedestrian evacuation in a domain with a ramp. We construct a cost potential depending on the ramp angle and introduce a function to evaluate the pushing force, which is related to the cost and the desire...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiao-Xia Jian, Xiaoning Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/714267