Presentation 2019-06-07
Measurement of pedestrian crowds' heterogeneity by congestion level
Claudio Feliciani, Akihiro Fujita, Hisashi Murakami, Daichi Yanagisawa, Katsuhiro Nishinari,
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Abstract(in English) The urbanization phenomenon has led to an increase of congestion in cities. Also considering the increase of elderly population, the heterogeneity of human crowds has become a relevant characteristic. This heterogeneity is expressed in a difference in walking speed which is a cause of congestion. Using conventional measures, quantifying the congestion caused by this phenomenon was not possible. In this research we present a novel definition for congestion in pedestrian crowds and use it to analyze an experiment involving a heterogeneous crowd composition. As a result, we found that a difference in walking speed indeed contributes to an increase in congestion.
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Keyword(in English) crowd / pedestrians / congestion / walking speed / pedestrian characteristic
Paper # NLP2019-19,CCS2019-2
Date of Issue 2019-05-31 (NLP, CCS)

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Committee CCS / NLP
Conference Date 2019/6/7(3days)
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Place (in English) machinaka campus nagaoka
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Chair Makoto Naruse(NICT) / Hiroaki Kurokawa(Tokyo Univ. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Shigeki Shiokawa(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.) / Tetsuya Asai(Hokkaido Univ.) / Kiyohisa Natsume(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Shigeki Shiokawa(Hiroshima City Univ.) / Tetsuya Asai(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.) / Kiyohisa Natsume(Nippon Inst. of Tech.)
Assistant Hidehiro Nakano(Tokyo City Univ.) / Kazuki Nakada(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Hiroyasu Ando(Tsukuba Univ.) / Takashi Matsubara(Kobe Univ.) / Yutaka Shimada(Saitama Univ.) / Toshikaza Samura(Yamaguchi Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Complex Communication Sciences / Technical Committee on Nonlinear Problems
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Measurement of pedestrian crowds' heterogeneity by congestion level
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) crowd
Keyword(2) pedestrians
Keyword(3) congestion
Keyword(4) walking speed
Keyword(5) pedestrian characteristic
1st Author's Name Claudio Feliciani
1st Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(UTokyo)
2nd Author's Name Akihiro Fujita
2nd Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(UTokyo)
3rd Author's Name Hisashi Murakami
3rd Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(UTokyo)
4th Author's Name Daichi Yanagisawa
4th Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(UTokyo)
5th Author's Name Katsuhiro Nishinari
5th Author's Affiliation The University of Tokyo(UTokyo)
Date 2019-06-07
Paper # NLP2019-19,CCS2019-2
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) NLP-71,CCS-72
Page pp.pp.5-9(NLP), pp.5-9(CCS),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2019-05-31 (NLP, CCS)