Evacuation from Cramped Interiors with Aisle Seats: Uncertainty Induced by the Random Choice of Initial Positions
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Considering evacuation from cramped interiors with aisle seats, the initial seating positions of pedestrians represent a non-negligible source of variance in total evacuation time. By means of Pathfinder simulations, this uncertainty is quantitatively investigated for a train and lecture hall geometry with homogeneous and heterogeneous groups of agents. Furthermore, an energy-inspired description of the occupation configuration is introduced that enables a proper numerical representation of the configuration space of the initial seating positions.
Source: Collective Dynamics
DOI: 10.17815/cd.2024.183
Institution: Czech Technical University in Prague
Language: English
Subfield: Ocean Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403192530