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Panic evacuation of single pedestrians and couples

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  • G. A. Frank

    (Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Av. Medrano 951, 1179 Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • C. O. Dorso

    (Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón I, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Abstract

Understanding the timing requirements for evacuation of people has focused primarily on independent pedestrians rather than pedestrians emotionally connected. However, the main statistical effects observed in crowds, the so-called “faster is slower”, “clever is not always better” and the “low visibility enhancement”, cannot explain the overall behavior of a crowd during an evacuation process when correlated pedestrians due to, for example feelings, are present. Our research addresses this issue and examines the statistical behavior of a mixture of individuals and couples during a (panic) escaping process. We found that the attractive feeling among couples plays an important role in the time delays during the evacuation of a single exit room.

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  • G. A. Frank & C. O. Dorso, 2016. "Panic evacuation of single pedestrians and couples," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 27(08), pages 1-16, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:27:y:2016:i:08:n:s0129183116500911
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183116500911
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    Cited by:

    1. Rozan, E.A. & Frank, G.A. & Cornes, F.E. & Sticco, I.M. & Dorso, C.O., 2022. "Microscopic dynamics of escaping groups through an exit and a corridor," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 597(C).
    2. Zhang, Jun & Cui, Haoran & Chraibi, Mohcine & Yu, Hang & Song, Weiguo, 2023. "Velocity-based model for pedestrian dynamics considering direction preferences," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 613(C).
    3. Sticco, I.M. & Frank, G.A. & Dorso, C.O., 2021. "Social Force Model parameter testing and optimization using a high stress real-life situation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 561(C).

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