Development of torsional social force model for pedestrian dynamics in corner navigation: Insights from empirical observations

IF 3.5 2区 计算机科学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory Pub Date : 2025-03-07 DOI:10.1016/j.simpat.2025.103101
Lin Luo , Cheng Chen , Tianyu Qin , Qi Huang , Xiaobo Liu
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Empirical observations show that both corridor width and departure position—defined by the distance from the inner corner—significantly affect pedestrian turning dynamics, such as turning position, speed, and angular speed. However, these factors are often overlooked in existing models. To address this gap, we developed an improved Torsional Social Force Model (TSFM) based on controlled experiments. Experiments involved individual and group navigation in angled corridor with widths of 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 m, with participants departing from various positions. Data from individual navigation in a 2.0 m corridor were used for model development, while data from other widths and group navigation validated the model. The TSFM represents pedestrians as spherocylinders, where movement is driven by force components and turning by torque components. Unlike traditional models with fixed turning axes and constant angular speeds, the TSFM integrates spatially variable turning start and end positions, angular speed and speed profiles, and turning axis distributions into its forces and torque calculations. Validation results show the TSFM significantly outperforms classic social force models (SFMs). It reduces the trajectory mean squared error from 0.45 m2 to 0.03 m2, and decreases travel time errors from >15 % to <5 %. Averaged speed error decreases from 25.9 % to 8.0 %, and angular speed error from 11.2 % to 4.1 %. The TSFM demonstrates superior accuracy in capturing turning dynamics during corner navigation.
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Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 工程技术-计算机:跨学科应用
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期刊介绍: The journal Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory provides a forum for original, high-quality papers dealing with any aspect of systems simulation and modelling. The journal aims at being a reference and a powerful tool to all those professionally active and/or interested in the methods and applications of simulation. Submitted papers will be peer reviewed and must significantly contribute to modelling and simulation in general or use modelling and simulation in application areas. Paper submission is solicited on: • theoretical aspects of modelling and simulation including formal modelling, model-checking, random number generators, sensitivity analysis, variance reduction techniques, experimental design, meta-modelling, methods and algorithms for validation and verification, selection and comparison procedures etc.; • methodology and application of modelling and simulation in any area, including computer systems, networks, real-time and embedded systems, mobile and intelligent agents, manufacturing and transportation systems, management, engineering, biomedical engineering, economics, ecology and environment, education, transaction handling, etc.; • simulation languages and environments including those, specific to distributed computing, grid computing, high performance computers or computer networks, etc.; • distributed and real-time simulation, simulation interoperability; • tools for high performance computing simulation, including dedicated architectures and parallel computing.
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