NORMATIVE PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOUR THEORY AND MODELLING

The normative theory of pedestrian flow behavior presented here is based on the assumption that pedestrians are expected cost minimizers: they schedule their activities, choose the activity areas and the routes connecting these activity areas simultaneously to maximize the expected utility of their efforts. Unlike other transportation network models, pedestrian routes are continuous functions in time and space, and the utility of the route reflects a trade off between the utility of completing an activity and the generalized cost of walking towards the activity areas. The paper also considers the consequences of information feedback, e.g. pedestrians see that their planned route is congested and react by taking another route.

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  Elsevier

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• Authors:
  • Hoogendoorn, S P
  • Bovy, P H L
• Conference:
  • Transportation and Traffic Theory in the 21st Century. Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory
  • Location: University of South Australia in Adelaide, Austral
  • Date: 2002-7-16 to 2002-7-18
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 219-245

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Behavior; Human factors; Pedestrian density; Pedestrian flow; Pedestrian traffic; Pedestrians; Route choice; Schedules and scheduling; Walking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00929737
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080439268
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 2 2002 12:00AM