Revisiting Hughes' dynamic continuum model for pedestrian flow and the development of an efficient solution algorithm

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-141

  Huang, Ling ^a   Wong, S C ^b   Zhang, Mengping ^a   Shu, Chi Wang ^c   Lam, William H K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Continuum modeling; Eikonal equation; Pedestrian flow; Reactive dynamic user equilibrium; WENO scheme

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

CONTINUUM MODELING; EIKONAL EQUATION; PEDESTRIAN FLOW; REACTIVE DYNAMIC USER EQUILIBRIUM; WENO SCHEMES;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

ALGORITHM; MODELING; PEDESTRIANIZATION; WALKING;

EID: 55049132227     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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