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@ARTICLE{Xu:1047376,
author = {Xu, Qiancheng and Üsten, Ezel and Alia, Ahmed and He, Biao
and Guo, Renzhong and Chraibi, Mohcine},
title = {{H}ybrid machine learning and physics-based modeling of
pedestrian pushing behaviors},
journal = {Transportation research / Part C},
volume = {182},
issn = {0968-090X},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-04264},
pages = {105395 -},
year = {2026},
abstract = {In high-density crowds, close proximity between pedestrians
makes the steady state highly vulnerable to disruption by
pushing behaviours, potentially leading to serious
accidents. However, the scarcity of experimental data has
hindered systematic studies of its mechanisms and accurate
modelling. Using behavioural data from bottleneck
experiments, we investigate pedestrian heterogeneity in
pushing tendencies, showing that pedestrians tend to push
under high-motivation and in wider corridors. We introduce a
spatial discretization method to encode neighbour states
into feature vectors, serving together with pedestrian
pushing tendencies as inputs to a random forest model for
predicting pushing behaviours. Through comparing
speed-headway relationships, we reveal that pushing
behaviours correspond to an aggressive space-utilization
movement strategy. Consequently, we propose a hybrid machine
learning and physics-based model integrating pushing
tendencies heterogeneity, pushing behaviours prediction, and
dynamic movement strategies adjustment. Validations show
that the hybrid model effectively reproduces experimental
crowd dynamics and fits to incorporate additional
behaviours.},
cin = {IAS-7},
ddc = {380},
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)16},
doi = {10.1016/j.trc.2025.105395},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1047376},
}