Crowd Research at School: Crossing Flows

It has become widely known that when two flows of pedestrians cross stripes emerge spontaneously by which the pedestrians of the two walking directions manage to pass each other in an orderly manner. In this work, we report about the results of an experiment on crossing flows which has been carried...

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Main Authors Bamberger, Johanna, Geßler, Anna-Lena, Heitzelmann, Peter, Korn, Sara, Kahlmeyer, Rene, Lu, Xue Hao, Sang, Qi Hao, Wang, Zhi Jie, Yuan, Guan Zong, Gauß, Michael, Kretz, Tobias
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.01.2014
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Computer Science - Multiagent Systems
Physics - Physics and Society
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Summary:It has become widely known that when two flows of pedestrians cross stripes emerge spontaneously by which the pedestrians of the two walking directions manage to pass each other in an orderly manner. In this work, we report about the results of an experiment on crossing flows which has been carried out at a German school. These results include that previously reported high flow volumes on the crossing area can be confirmed. The empirical results are furthermore compared to the results of a simulation model which succesfully could be calibrated to catch the specific properties of the population of participants.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1401.2038