Case Simulation of Pedestrian Movements using Cellular Automata Model

This paper presents the simulation of evacuation scenario of a institute seminar hall to compare the crowd performance with different arrangements of furniture e.g. chairs. The objective is to determine the best suited chair arrangement for student populations based on the evacuation time required. It describes a 2dimensional cellular automaton model for the simulation of pedestrian dynamics. The model is extremely efficient and allows simulations of large crowds faster than real time since it includes only nearest-neighbour interactions. A method for calculating the static floor field, which describes the shortest distance to an exit door is presented. Dynamic floor field describes the virtual trace left by the pedestrian. Keywords— “Cellular Automata, Floor Field, Evacuation Time”