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Optimizing Pedestrian Environments with Evolutionary Strategies

In: Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012

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  • Marijn Swenne

    (Leiden University)

  • Thomas Bäck

    (Leiden University)

Abstract

The environment of pedestrians has a big influence on their movement efficiency. Poorly designed environments can lead to high pedestrian densities which in turn increases the risk of injury, or in the case of egress, increases tardiness. A common approach is to have an expert design an environment and test it with a simulator. We propose a method to design a pedestrian environment by using pedestrian simulation in combination with optimization by means of evolutionary strategies. The results demonstrate that optimized environment layouts can improve pedestrian throughput in comparison with basic layouts designed by humans.

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  • Marijn Swenne & Thomas Bäck, 2014. "Optimizing Pedestrian Environments with Evolutionary Strategies," Springer Books, in: Ulrich Weidmann & Uwe Kirsch & Michael Schreckenberg (ed.), Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012, edition 127, pages 1331-1340, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-02447-9_110
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02447-9_110
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