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@ARTICLE{Steffen:9818,
author = {Steffen, B. and Seyfried, A.},
title = {{M}ethods for measuring pedestrian density, flow, speed and
direction with minimal scatter},
journal = {Physica / A},
volume = {389},
issn = {0378-4371},
address = {Amsterdam},
publisher = {North Holland Publ. Co.},
reportid = {PreJuSER-9818},
pages = {1902 - 1910},
year = {2010},
note = {The experiments are supported by the DFG under grant KL
1873/1-1 and SE 1789/1-1. We thank M. Boltes for his support
in preparation of videos for analysis.},
abstract = {The progress of image processing during recent years allows
the measurement of pedestrian characteristics on a
"microscopic" scale with low costs. However, density and
flow are concepts of fluid mechanics defined for the limit
of infinitely many particles. Standard methods of measuring
these quantities locally (e.g. counting heads within a
rectangle) suffer from large data scatter. The remedy of
averaging over large spaces or long times reduces the
possible resolution and inhibits the gain obtained by the
new technologies.In this contribution we introduce a concept
for measuring microscopic characteristics on the basis of
pedestrian trajectories. Assigning a personal space to every
pedestrian via a Voronoi diagram reduces the density
scatter. Similarly, calculating direction and speed from
position differences between times with identical phases of
movement gives low-scatter sequences for speed and
direction. Finally we discuss the methods to obtain reliable
values for derived quantities and new possibilities of an
in-depth analysis of experiments. The resolution obtained
indicates the limits of stationary state theory. (C) 2009
Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {500},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {Scientific Computing (FUEK411) / 411 - Computational
Science and Mathematical Methods (POF2-411)},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK411 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-411},
shelfmark = {Physics, Multidisciplinary},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000275613800013},
doi = {10.1016/j.physa.2009.12.015},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/9818},
}