Citation

Crociani L, Invernizzi A, Vizzari G. Transp. Res. Proc. 2014; 2: 618-623.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publications)

DOI

10.1016/j.trpro.2014.09.103

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

For a comprehensive modeling of pedestrian dynamics in real-world scenarios the consideration of tactical level decisions in addition to operational ones is necessary. This paper presents a hybrid agent architecture employing a Floor Field approach at the operational level but granting agents an abstract representation of the simulated environment. The paper briefly presents the environmental model and hybrid agent architecture based on the floor field approach, then a sample practical application in a simple case study is also presented to show how it allows specifying abstract behavioural scripts for different groups of agents.

Keywords

Evacuation; pedestrian simulation; agent-based modeling; environments for multi-agent systems; floor-field model; hybrid agents