A Hybridized Approach to Validation: The Role of Sociological Research Methods in Pedestrian Modeling

Frydenlund, Erika; Elzie, Terra; Collins, Andrew J.; Robinson, R. Michael

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2014.09.077

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“…Qualitative approaches to validating the modeled behaviors are also part of the future development plans (42,43). For example, utilization of survey-based qualitative data to capture aspects of decision making and human behavior that would be difficult to observe in video or laboratory settings is a viable approach for validation (43). Qualitative data relevant to the model presented here are currently being collected as part of the longer-term project.…”

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Panic That Spreads Sociobehavioral Contagion in Pedestrian Evacuations

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Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Crowds are a part of everyday public life, from stadiums and arenas to school hallways. Occasionally, pushing within the crowd spontaneously escalates to crushing behavior, resulting in injuries and even death. The rarity and unpredictability of these incidents provides few options to collect data for research on the prediction and prevention of hazardous emergent behaviors in crowds. This study takes a close look at the way states of agitation, such as panic, can spread through crowds. Group composition-mainly family groups composed of members with differing mobility levels-plays an important role in the spread of agitation through the crowd, ultimately affecting the exit density and evacuation clearance time of a simulated venue. This study used an agent-based model of pedestrian movement during the egress of a hypothetical room and adopted an emotional, cognitive, and social framework to explore the transference and dissipation of agitation through a crowd. The preliminary results reveal that average group size in a crowd is a primary contributor to the exit density and evacuation clearance time. The study provides the groundwork on which to build more elaborate models that incorporate sociobehavioral aspects to simulate human movement during panic situations and account for the potential for dangerous behavior to emerge in crowds.

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Panic That Spreads Sociobehavioral Contagion in Pedestrian Evacuations

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Collins

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“…The problem of human behaviour modelling is not trivial due to the enormous complexity of the imperative that guides people while moving. Since its description in a strictly mathematical way is impossible [5], a qualitative evaluation is straitened. Moreover, a human movement manner may differ among different ethnic and age groups.…”

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HuBeRo - a Framework to Simulate Human Behaviour in Robot Research

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Węgierek

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Social robots' software is commonly tested in a simulation due to the safety and convenience reasons as well as an environment configuration repeatability assurance. An interaction between a robot and a human requires taking a person presence and his movement abilities into consideration. The purpose of the article is to present the HuBeRo framework, which can be used to simulate human motion behaviour. The framework allows independent control of each individual's activity, which distinguishes the presented approach from state-of-the-art, open-source solutions from the robotics domain. The article presents the framework assumptions, architecture and an example application with respect to presented scenarios.

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