Models and experiments on pedestrian evacuation

KUPERMAN, M.N.; BOUZAT, SEBASTIAN

Buenos Aires

Conferencia; StatPhys27; 2019

Universidad de Buenos Aires

In this work we present a series of results, both numerical and experimental, about several aspects related to pedestrian evacuation processes. In particular, we show that the mean exit time may not provide an accurate characterization of an evacuating scenario and that an assessment of the fluctuations that occur during such process might provide a more sensitive and valuable information.For this reason, we suggest a simple way to partially assess the extent of information derived from these fluctuations on the basis of the statistical characterization of the time gaps between successive escapes through a door. We complement these results with other studies pointing to further characterize the whole process.