The calibration and validation of pedestrian simulations require the acquisition of empirical evidences of human behaviour. The current work presents the results of an experiment focused on the potentially combined effect of counter flow and grouping on pedestrian dynamics. In particular, we focused on: (i) four different configurations of flow ratio (the rate between the minor flow and the total flow in bidirectional scenarios); (ii) dyads, as the most frequently observed and basic social groups of crowds. Results showed that the increase of flow ratio negatively impacted the speed of pedestrians. Dyads walked significantly slower than singletons, due to the diffculty in movement coordination among group members (proxemics) in case of counter flow. The collected results represent an useful contribution towards the validation of pedestrian simulations

Gorrini, A., Crociani, L., Feliciani, C., Zhao, P., Nishinari, K., Bandini, S. (2016). Social Groups and Pedestrian Crowds: Experiment on Dyads in a Counter Flow Scenario. In Proceedings of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2016 (pp.179-184).

Social Groups and Pedestrian Crowds: Experiment on Dyads in a Counter Flow Scenario

GORRINI, ANDREA
Primo
;
CROCIANI, LUCA
Secondo
;
BANDINI, STEFANIA
Ultimo
2016

Abstract

The calibration and validation of pedestrian simulations require the acquisition of empirical evidences of human behaviour. The current work presents the results of an experiment focused on the potentially combined effect of counter flow and grouping on pedestrian dynamics. In particular, we focused on: (i) four different configurations of flow ratio (the rate between the minor flow and the total flow in bidirectional scenarios); (ii) dyads, as the most frequently observed and basic social groups of crowds. Results showed that the increase of flow ratio negatively impacted the speed of pedestrians. Dyads walked significantly slower than singletons, due to the diffculty in movement coordination among group members (proxemics) in case of counter flow. The collected results represent an useful contribution towards the validation of pedestrian simulations
paper
Pedestrian, Experiment, Counter Flow, Bidirectional Flow, Dyads, Proxemics
English
International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 17-21 october
2016
Weiguo, S; Jian, M; Libi, F
Proceedings of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2016
978-7-312-04077-1
2016
179
184
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Gorrini, A., Crociani, L., Feliciani, C., Zhao, P., Nishinari, K., Bandini, S. (2016). Social Groups and Pedestrian Crowds: Experiment on Dyads in a Counter Flow Scenario. In Proceedings of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2016 (pp.179-184).
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