Modeling of Pedestrian Behavior and Its Applications to Spatial Evaluation

• Published in: International Conference on Autonomous Agents: Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 2; 19-23 July 2004 pp. 836 - 843
• Main Author: Osaragi, Toshihiro
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC, USA IEEE Computer Society 19.07.2004; IEEE
• Series: ACM Conferences
• Subjects: Application software; Applied computing > Law, social and behavioral sciences > Psychology; Applied computing > Law, social and behavioral sciences > Sociology; Biological system modeling; Computer simulation; Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Simulation types and techniques; Human factors; Information science; Legged locomotion; Numerical simulation; Permission; Power system modeling; Space technology
• ISBN: 9781581138641; 1581138644
• DOI: 10.5555/1018410.1018835

A computer simulation of pedestrian flow is an effective method for examining relationships between pedestrian behavior and pedestrian-usable space within a modeled space. In this paper, a model describing pedestrian behavior is proposed by making use of the concept of mental stress. Unknown parameters of the model are estimated using observed data from real pedestrian behavior. The resultant model can describe differences of pedestrian behavior arising from differing walkers' characteristics. Through the results of simulations of the proposed model, we examine comfort and efficiency of pedestrian space.