Zhao DL, Yang LZ, Li J (2008) Occupants' behavior of going with the crowd based on cellular automata occupant evacuation model. Physica a-Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications 387(14), 3708-3718. [In English]

Web link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2008.02.042

Keywords:

psychology; behavior; emergency management; going with the crowd; occupant evacuation; cellular automata; pedestrian dynamics; simulation; fire

Abstract: Occupant behavior which is very complex affects evacuation efficiency and route choice a lot. The psychology and behavior of going with the crowd is very common in daily life and also in occupant evacuation. In this paper, a two-dimensional Cellular Automata model is applied to simulate the process of evacuation considering the psychology of going with the crowd with different room structure or occupant density. The psychology of going with the crowd (the abbreviation is GWC) is classified into directional GWC (DGWC) and spatial GWC (SGWC). The influence of two such kinds of psychology on occupant evacuation is discussed in order to provide some useful guidance on the emergency management of evacuation. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.