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Wang, Y. orcid.org/0000-0002-1804-2335, Ge, J. and Comber, A. (2023) An Agent-Based Simulation Model of Pedestrian Evacuation Based on Bayesian Nash Equilibrium. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 26 (3). 6. ISSN 1460-7425
Abstract
This research incorporates Bayesian game theory into pedestrian evacuation in an agent-based model. Three pedestrian behaviours were compared: Random Follow, Shortest Route and Bayesian Nash Equilibrium (BNE), as well as combinations of these. The results showed that BNE pedestrians were able to evacuate more quickly as they predict congestion levels in their next step and adjust their directions to avoid congestion, closely matching the behaviours of evacuating pedestrians in reality. A series of simulation experiments were conducted to evaluate whether and how BNE affects pedestrian evacuation procedures. The results showed that: 1) BNE has a large impact on reducing evacuation time; 2) BNE pedestrians displayed more intelligent and efficient evacuating behaviours; 3) As the proportion of BNE users rises, average evacuation time decreases, and average comfort level increases. A detailed description of the model and relevant experimental results is provided in this paper. Several limitations as well as further works are also identified.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Bayesian Nash Equilibrium, Pedestrian Modelling, Crowd Simulation, Game Theory, Agent-Based Simulations |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2023 12:16 |
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2023 14:47 |
Published Version: | https://www.jasss.org/26/3/6.html |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SimSoc Consortium |
Identification Number: | 10.18564/jasss.5037 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:201962 |
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