A method for joint estimation of homogeneous model parameters and heterogeneous desired speeds

One of the main strengths of microscopic pedestrian simulation models is the ability to explicitlyrepresent the heterogeneity of the pedestrian population. Most pedestrian populations are heterogeneous with respect to the desired speed, and the outputs of microscopic models are naturally sensitive to the desired speed; it has a direct effect on the flow and travel time, thus strongly affecting results that are of interest when applying pedestrian simulation models in practice. An inaccurate desired speed distribution will in most cases lead to inaccurate simulation results. In this paper we propose a method to estimate the desired speed distribution by treating the desired speeds as model parameters to be adjusted in the calibration together with other model parameters. This leads to an optimization problem that is computationally costly to solve for large data sets. We propose a heuristic method to solve this optimization problem by decomposing the original problem in simpler parts that are solved separately. We demonstrate the method on trajectory data from Stockholm central station and analyze the results to conclude that the method is able to produce a plausible desired speed distribution under slightly congested conditions.

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  http://vti.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1445573/FULLTEXT01.pdf
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  RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

  ,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Johansson, Fredrik
• Conference:
  • 9th International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics: PED 2018
  • Location: Lund , Sweden
  • Date: 2018-8-21 to 2018-8-24
• Publication Date: 2020

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: pp 301-308
• Monograph Title: Proceedings from the 9th International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics : PED 2018, August 21-24, 2018, Lund, Sweden

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Heterogeneity; Mathematical models; Passenger terminals; Pedestrians; Railroad stations; Simulation; Speed; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Micro
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 5915: Heterogeneity; 6473: Mathematical model; 9045: Micro; 1094: Passenger station; 1733: Pedestrian; 1095: Railway station; 9103: Simulation; 5408: Speed; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01848188
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 9789189049840
• Files: ITRD, VTI
• Created Date: Jun 8 2022 1:27PM