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@PHDTHESIS{Paetzke:1041611,
author = {Paetzke, Sarah},
title = {{S}peed-{D}ensity {A}nalysis in {P}edestrian
{S}ingle-{F}ile {E}xperiments},
volume = {68},
school = {Wuppertal},
type = {Dissertation},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-02345},
isbn = {978-3-95806-818-6},
series = {Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich IAS Series},
pages = {XIII, 107},
year = {2025},
note = {Dissertation, Wuppertal, 2025},
abstract = {In recent years, many studies have been published on how
individual characteristics of pedestrians affect the
fundamental diagram. These studies compared cumulative data
from individuals within groups that were homogeneous in one
characteristic, such as age, but heterogeneous in other
factors, such as gender. The question arises regarding which
factors influence the fundamental diagram in single-file
experiments. In addition, some research suggests that group
composition, particularly gender, may impact the results.
Therefore, three different single-file experiments are
considered in this study. The first step in data analysis is
considering the speed-density relationship between
homogeneous and heterogeneous group compositions regarding
gender. Second, individual fundamental diagrams are
introduced and analyzed to investigate the effects of both
known and unknown human factors. In addition, the
speed-density model that best describes the speed of the
individuals is studied. For a single-file experiment
conducted in Germany with groups of participants that are
either homogeneous or heterogeneous in terms of gender, a
Tukey HSD test is carried out. This is done to determine any
differences between these groups in the average speed over
various density ranges. A comparison of different group
compositions shows that any effect of gender is only
observed, if at all, within a small range of densities. For
a cultural comparison, the previous experiment is compared
with a single-file experiment conducted in Palestine with
homogeneous and heterogeneous gender compositions. There are
no significant cultural differences. Two single-file
experiments in Germany are considered to investigate
differences in minimum distances and reaction times between
individuals in different densities and to analyze the
influence of the gender of neighboring pedestrians. It is
also studied how human factors such as height, age, and
gender and unknown individual effects such as motivation or
attention affect individual speed. Regression analysis is
performed for this. One experiment is a school experiment,
and the results based on a simple linear regression analysis
show that the differences in minimum distances and reaction
times are not very significant and are less pronounced.
Using a multiple linear regression analysis, the human
factors analysis suggested that age could be neglected as
there is a strong correlation between the students’ age
and height. In addition, the study highlights that headway
has the most significant influence on speed. At the same
time, gender plays a minor role, and other non-measurable
individual characteristics have a more significant impact
than height. The results of the other experiment with
different gender compositions in Germany show no correlation
between the genders of neighboring pedestrians in minimum
distances and reaction times. In the human factor analysis,
the model stays consistent compared to the other experiment
in Germany when additional factors are included.},
cin = {IAS-7},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-7-20180321},
pnm = {5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs
(SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3 / PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
doi = {10.34734/FZJ-2025-02345},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1041611},
}