Room evacuation in the presence of an obstacle

The investigation of human behaviour while trying to escape from a room under panic is an important issue in complex systems research. Several authors have called attention to the fact that placing an obstacle near the exit improves the evacuation time of the room (Helbing et al. (2000, 2005) [2,8],...

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Autores principales: Frank, G.A., Dorso, C.O.
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Clogging delay
Panic evacuation
Social force model
Complex systems
Evacuation time
Social force models
Behavioral research
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03784371_v390_n11_p2135_Frank
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spelling todo:paper_03784371_v390_n11_p2135_Frank2023-10-03T15:32:57Z Room evacuation in the presence of an obstacle Frank, G.A. Dorso, C.O. Clogging delay Panic evacuation Social force model Clogging delay Complex systems Evacuation time Panic evacuation Social force model Social force models Behavioral research The investigation of human behaviour while trying to escape from a room under panic is an important issue in complex systems research. Several authors have called attention to the fact that placing an obstacle near the exit improves the evacuation time of the room (Helbing et al. (2000, 2005) [2,8], Hughes (2003) [6], Johansson and Helbing (2005) [16], Piccoli and Tosin (2009) [5]). We studied this effect in the context of the "social force model" (Helbing et al. (2000) [2]). We show that placing an obstacle does not guarantee, by itself, better chances of survival for all pedestrians. The way they choose to avoid the obstacle is critical for their own performance. We found not only that the faster they try to escape, the slower they get out ("faster is slower" effect), but also, the short cut they might take in order to get to the exit will probably do no better ("clever is not always better" effect). © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Fil:Frank, G.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Dorso, C.O. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_03784371_v390_n11_p2135_Frank
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topic Clogging delay
Panic evacuation
Social force model
Clogging delay
Complex systems
Evacuation time
Panic evacuation
Social force model
Social force models
Behavioral research
spellingShingle Clogging delay
Panic evacuation
Social force model
Clogging delay
Complex systems
Evacuation time
Panic evacuation
Social force model
Social force models
Behavioral research
Frank, G.A.
Dorso, C.O.
Room evacuation in the presence of an obstacle
topic_facet Clogging delay
Panic evacuation
Social force model
Clogging delay
Complex systems
Evacuation time
Panic evacuation
Social force model
Social force models
Behavioral research
description The investigation of human behaviour while trying to escape from a room under panic is an important issue in complex systems research. Several authors have called attention to the fact that placing an obstacle near the exit improves the evacuation time of the room (Helbing et al. (2000, 2005) [2,8], Hughes (2003) [6], Johansson and Helbing (2005) [16], Piccoli and Tosin (2009) [5]). We studied this effect in the context of the "social force model" (Helbing et al. (2000) [2]). We show that placing an obstacle does not guarantee, by itself, better chances of survival for all pedestrians. The way they choose to avoid the obstacle is critical for their own performance. We found not only that the faster they try to escape, the slower they get out ("faster is slower" effect), but also, the short cut they might take in order to get to the exit will probably do no better ("clever is not always better" effect). © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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title Room evacuation in the presence of an obstacle
title_short Room evacuation in the presence of an obstacle
title_full Room evacuation in the presence of an obstacle
title_fullStr Room evacuation in the presence of an obstacle
title_full_unstemmed Room evacuation in the presence of an obstacle
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