Optimal feedback flow rates for pedestrian evacuation in a network of corridors

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1053-1066

  Shende, Apoorva ^a   Singh, Mahendra P ^a   Kachroo, Pushkin ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation of mass; feedback linearization; linear programming; pedestrian evacuation; traffic flow model

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION OF MASS; CONTROL VARIABLE; OPTIMAL FEEDBACK; PEDESTRIAN EVACUATIONS; PEDESTRIAN FLOW; STATE VARIABLES; STATE-SPACE MODELING; TRAFFIC FLOW MODELING;

ALGORITHMS; FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION; FLOW RATE; FLOW VELOCITY; FLOWMETERS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84883814797     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2013.2250965     Document Type: Article

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