Social Force Modeling of the Pedestrian Motion in the Mataf

Rainald Löhner; Eberhard Haug; Britto M.

doi:10.17815/CD.2020.91

Social Force Modeling of the Pedestrian Motion in the Mataf

Authors

Rainald Löhner Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
Eberhard Haug SL Rasch, Oberaichen, Germany
Britto M. SL Rasch, Oberaichen, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2020.91

Keywords:

pedestrian modeling, social force model, crowd dynamics, kaaba, hajj

Abstract

Two models for the motion in the Mataf of the Holy Mosque of Makkah that are applicable to any so-called social force or agent-based model are presented. The first model assigns a desired distance to the Kaaba to each pilgrim. The second model assumes that pilgrims desire to get as close as possible to the Kaaba until a tolerable density is reached. Both models are realistic: image data shows behaviours of both types. The models are very simple to incorporate into any computational crowd dynamics code, and yield results that correlate surprisingly well with observed data.

References

R. Löhner, “On the Modeling of Pedestrian Motion,” Appl. Math. Modelling 34, 2, 366-382 (2010).

R. Löhner, E. Haug, C. Zinggerling and E. Onate, “Real-Time Micro-Modeling of City Evacuations,” Comp. Part. Mech. 5, 71-86 (2018).

R. Löhner, B. Muhamad, P. Dambalmath and E. Haug, “Fundamental Diagrams for Specific Very High Density Crowds,” Collective Dynamics 2 (2018).

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Published

12.08.2020

How to Cite

Löhner, R., Haug, E., & M., B. (2020). Social Force Modeling of the Pedestrian Motion in the Mataf. Collective Dynamics, 5, 528–530. https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2020.91

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Vol. 5 (2020)

Section

Proceedings of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2018

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