Methods for measuring pedestrian density, flow, speed and direction with minimal scatter

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1902-1910

  Steffen, B ^a   Seyfried, A ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pedestrian density; Pedestrian modeling; Velocity measurement; Video tracking; Voronoi diagram

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; PEDESTRIAN DENSITY; PEDESTRIAN MODELS; PEDESTRIAN TRAJECTORIES; STATIONARY STATE; VIDEO TRACKING; VORONOI DIAGRAMS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 76349111346     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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