REPKA - Interactive pedestrian simulation for regional evacuation
Project team leader | André Borrmann |
PhD students | Dipl.-Inf. Angelika Kneidl |
Containing project | REPKA - Regional Evacuation |
Funding | BMBF, Siemens AG |
Project description
Pedestrian simulations are employed for a wide variety of applications, namely the determination of maximum evacuation times, the identification of possible conflict points or bottlenecks in buildings and surroundings, the determination of optimal evacuation routes etc.
The aim of this project is to develop a simulator that can be used for interactive training of the staff responsible for evacuation in emergency situations and perform what-if analyses of different evacuation options. For this purpose large pedestrian crowds have to be simulated in real-time or even faster.To satisfy these conditions the simulator is based on a cellular automata combined with a force model. This force model basically relies on the computation of potential fields representing the repulsive forces of obstacles and other pedestrians and the driving term of the destination.This basic structure is extended by a visibility graph. This approach enables a faster adaptation according to online variation of the simulation scenario (e.g. closing a door during simulation). The basic idea is to generate a graph from the scenario’s topography, which represents the entire set of possible pedestrian routes.One of our objectives in this project is to identify different pedestrian way finding strategies. For the implementation of these different behaviors we use the graph by implementing different routing strategies.This project is conducted in strong collaboration with Siemens AG.
A student experiment in Munich's city centre: The left picture shows the chosen routes of the students, the right picture depicts the simulation results of the experiment. |
Publications
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Abualdenien, J.; Clever, J.; Borrmann, A.; Platt, A.; Kneidl, A.; Simon, S.: DISTANSIM: Implementation of social distancing in pedestrian simulation Technische Universität München, 2020 |
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Kielar, Peter M.; Biedermann, Daniel H.; Kneidl, Angelika; Borrmann, André: A unified pedestrian routing model for graph-based wayfinding built on cognitive principles Transportmetrica A: Transport Science 14 (5), pp. 406-432, 2017 DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2017.1309472 |
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Kielar, P. M.; Biedermann, D. H.; Kneidl, A.; Borrmann, A.: A Unified Pedestrian Routing Model Combining Multiple Graph-Based Navigation Methods In: Proceedings of the 11. Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow, Nootdrop, Netherland, 2015 |
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Kneidl, Angelika; Hartmann, Dirk; Borrmann, André: Using a Multi-Scale Model for Simulating Pedestrian Behavior In: Weidmann, Ulrich; Kirsch, Uwe; Schreckenberg, Michael (Eds): Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012, Springer International Publishing, 2014 |
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Kneidl, A.; Hartmann, D.; Borrmann, A.: A hybrid multi-scale approach for simulation of pedestrian dynamics Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 37, pp. 223–237, Elsevier, 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2013.03.005 |
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Kneidl, A.; Hartmann, D.; Borrmann, A.: Using a multi-scale model for simulating pedestrian behavior In: Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf. on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012 |
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Kneidl, A.; Borrmann, A.; Hartmann, D.: Generation and use of sparse navigation graphs for microscopic pedestrian simulation models Advanced Engineering Informatics 26 (4), pp. 669-680, 2012 DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2012.03.006 |
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Borrmann, A.; Kneidl, A.; Köster, G.; Ruzika, S.; Thiemann, M.: Bidirectional Coupling of Macroscopic and Microscopic Pedestrian Evacuation Models Safety Science 50 (8), pp. 1695-1703, 2012 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.021 |
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Butenuth, M.; Burkert, F.; Kneidl, A.; Borrmann, A.; Schmidt, F.; Hinz, S.; Sirmacek, B.; Hartmann, D.: Integrating pedestrian simulation, tracking and event detection for crowd analysis In: Proc. of 1st IEEE Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Visual Analysis of Large Crowds, Barcelona, Spain, 2011 |
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Kneidl, A.; Borrmann, A.; Hartmann, D.: Generating sparse navigation graphs for microscopic pedestrian simulation models In: Proc. of the EG-ICE Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, Enschede, The Netherlands, 2011 |
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Kneidl, A.; Borrmann, A.: How Do Pedestrians find their Way? Results of an experimental study with students compared to simulation results In: EMEVAC, 2011 |
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Kneidl, A.; Thiemann, M.; Borrmann, A.; Ruzika, S.; Hamacher, H.W.; Köster, G.; Rank, E.: Bidirectional Coupling of Macroscopic and Microscopic Approaches for Pedestrian Behavior Prediction In: Peacock, R.D.; Kuligowski, E.D.; Averill, J.D. (Eds): Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, Springer, 2011 |
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Borrmann, A.; Butenuth, M.; Chakraborty, S.; Kneidl, A.; Schäfer, M.: Towards multi-layer pedestrian interaction models for simulation, tracking, interpretation and indoor navigation In: Proc. of the European Conference Forum 2011, Cork, 2011 |
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Kneidl, A.; Thiemann, M.; Hartmann, D.; Borrmann, A.: Combining pedestrian simulation with a network flow optimization to support security staff in handling an evacuation of a soccer stadium In: Proc. of the European Conference Forum 2011, Cork, 2011 |
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Kneidl, A.; Thiemann, M.; Borrmann, A.; Ruzika, S.; Hamacher, H.W.; Köster, G.; Rank, E.: Bidirectional Coupling of Macroscopic and Microscopic Approaches for Pedestrian Behavior Prediction In: Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, Gaithersburg, MD USA, 2010 |
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Höcker, M.; Berkhahn, V.; Kneidl, A.; Borrmann, A.; Klein, W.: Graph-based approaches for simulating pedestrian dynamics in building models In: Proc. of the 8th European Conference on Product and Process Modeling (ECPPM), Cork, Ireland, 2010 |
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Kneidl, A.; Borrmann, A.; Hartmann, D.: Einsatz von graphbasierten Ansätzen in einer mikroskopischen Personenstromsimulation für die Wegewahl der Fussgänger In: Tagungsband des 22. Forum Bauinformatik, Berlin, Germany, 2010 |
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