Pedestrian Behavior and Exit Selection in Evacuation of a Corridor: An Experimental Study
This article reports on an experiment whose purpose was to study evacuees’ exit selection under different behavioral objectives. The experiment was conducted in a corridor with two exits located asymmetrically. This geometry was used to make most participants face a nontrivial decision on which exit to use. The authors analyzed the behavior on a macroscopic level using statistical methods. The results suggest that the members of an evacuating crowd may not be able to make optimal decisions when assessing the fastest exit to evacuate. In addition, the egress time of the whole crowd turns out to be shorter when the evacuees behave egoistically instead of behaving cooperatively. This is an interesting result because many studies on real emergencies show that evacuees tend to cooperate and act altruistically.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Kuusinen, Juha-Matti
- Rinne, Tuomo
- Korhonen, Timo
- Ehtamo, Harri
- Heliovaara, Simo
- Publication Date: 2012-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: pp 221-227
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Serial:
- Safety Science
- Volume: 50
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0925-7535
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09257535
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Building exits; Cooperation; Crowds; Decision making; Evacuation; Macroscopic traffic flow; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Altruism
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01360895
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 25 2012 11:58AM