2025/12/18 by Julián López, Virginia Mazzone, López, Julián +5
Engineering · #Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) #Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics #FOS: Physical sciences #Human Motion and Animation #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2512.16887
openalex publication_date 2025/12/18 · openalex created_date 2025/12/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The evacuation of pedestrians from enclosed spaces represents a key problem in safety engineering and infrastructure design. Analyzing the collective dynamics that emerge during evacuation processes requires simulation tools capable of capturing individual interactions and spatial constraints realistically. In this work, we present SiCoBioNa, an open-source evacuation simulator based on the Social Force Model (SFM). The software provides an intuitive graphical interface that allows users to configure pedestrian properties, spatial geometries, and initial conditions without requiring prior expertise in numerical modeling techniques. The SFM framework enables the representation of goal-oriented motion, interpersonal interactions, and interactions with fixed obstacles. The simulator generates both quantitative data and visual outputs, facilitating the analysis of evacuation dynamics and the evaluation of different spatial configurations. Due to its modular and extensible design, SiCoBioNa serves as a reproducible research tool for studies on pedestrian dynamics providing practical support for evacuation planning.