Dissertation / PhD Thesis

FZJ-2013-04341

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Route choice modelling and runtime optimisation for simulation of building evacuation

Kemloh Wagoum, A. U. (Corresponding author)FZJ*

2013
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag Jülich
ISBN: 978-3-89336-865-5

Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/5407

Abstract: Increasing number of visitors at large-scale events combined with the increasing complexity of modern buildings set a major challenge for planners, operators and emergency services. Examples include multi-purpose arenas, large railway stations and airports. In this dissertation the use of modern parallel hardware in combination with optimised algorithms are for the first time used on site to speed up the simulation of large crowds. The aim is to perform real-time forecasts of pedestrian traffic. For this purpose, special neighbourhood lists and a two-stage hybrid parallelisation are used. The second part of this dissertation deals with route choice in complex structures, which plays an important role in achieving realistic computer simulations of pedestrian flows. The developed route choice process is based on visibility and perception of the local environment by the simulated agents. It has as basis a navigation graph. The generation of the graph, especially in complex structures, has also been performed within the framework of this thesis. The work is closed with an empirical study in which the route choice profiles of spectators during various football games and concert performances are analysed and compared with the proposed model. The runtime optimisation strategies and route choice algorithms have been successfully tested in the ESPRIT arena in Düsseldorf (Germany), where they have been integrated in an evacuation assistant. Keywords: pedestrian dynamics, route choice, evacuation, high performance computing.

Keyword(s): Dissertation

Note: Universität Wuppertal, Diss., 2012

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC)

Research Program(s):

1. 411 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods (POF2-411) (POF2-411)

Appears in the scientific report 2013

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