2012/07/25 by Jun Zhang, Zhang, Jun, Wolfram Klingsch +3 · 1 citation
Engineering · #60K30 - Applications (congestion #Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics #FOS: Physical sciences #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques #Traffic and Road Safety #allocation #etc.) 82B26 - Phase transitions (general) #storage #traffic
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1207.5929
openalex publication_date 2012/07/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The aim of the Hermes project is the development of a computer simulation based on evacuation assistant to support security services in case of emergency in complex buildings and thus to improve safety at mass events. One goal of the project is to build and to calibrate models for pedestrian dynamics specifically designed for forecasting the emergency egress of large crowds faster than real-time. In this contribution, we give an overview of the project and its experimental results of unidirectional flow in a corridor. Trajectories of all pedestrians are analyzed with different measurement methods. The data will be used for model calibration.