Effect of authority figures for pedestrian evacuation at metro stations

Wireless Sensor Networks: Toward Smarter Railway Stations

“…Chu [61] presents cloud computing that analyses for positioning, evacuating people by radio frequency identification (RFID) and defining the best evacuation paths. This research is valuable and it requires smartphone application and wireless communication performance when these communication devices are disabled [1].…”

“…Thus, sufficient security is required for all transportation systems. In this study, railway stations, which are an intermodal transport hub, are the main emphasis where the technologies such as wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can be adopted to boost security [1]. Some station designs are rather complex and are much more than simply a place where trains enter and leave.…”

Investigating the Exits’ Symmetry Impact on the Evacuation Process of Classrooms and Lecture Halls: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach

“…In a recent paper, Zuriguel et al [34] studied the effect of an obstacle placed in front of the exit, and the authors concluded that this situation slightly favors the evacuation of the persons near the wall, prompting a debate on the role of the column in an evacuation process. Even more, the role of the exit location is questioned in Wu et al [3], in which the authors conduct an experiment using mice and changing the position of the exit door by moving it from the long to the short wall of the test container.Depending on the type of the environment in which the evacuation might take place, a series of studies in the literature have addressed the evacuation of ships [35], metro stations [11,36], metro trains and high-speed trains [37,38], hospitals [39,40], stadiums [41], concert halls [42], supermarkets [43], rooms [34,44], auditorium [45], classrooms and lecture halls [18,46,47], ascending stair evacuation [48], large indoor building spaces [49], large buildings [50], large exterior spaces [51], etc.Among the public building evacuation situations, classrooms and the lecture halls hold an important place, as these spaces generally present a high population density and a restrained evacuation capacity [18,52]. The seat and desk placement among these types of learning rooms can take various forms, which, combined with the exit doors' positions, can have an impact on the overall evacuation time [53].…”

“…Depending on the type of the environment in which the evacuation might take place, a series of studies in the literature have addressed the evacuation of ships [35], metro stations [11,36], metro trains and high-speed trains [37,38], hospitals [39,40], stadiums [41], concert halls [42], supermarkets [43], rooms [34,44], auditorium [45], classrooms and lecture halls [18,46,47], ascending stair evacuation [48], large indoor building spaces [49], large buildings [50], large exterior spaces [51], etc.…”

Sparse Game Changers Restore Collective Motion in Panicked Human Crowds

“…Such approaches are now being complemented by on-site computer vision studies [4,6], cognitive science [13] and data analytics [14,15]. For example, deployment of authority figures in escaping crowds in a metro station [16], placement of obstacles near the escaping door [17,18], mixing individualistic and herding behavior [8] are being proposed as means to enhance the evacuation efficiency. Of course, analysis of these specific situations and mechanisms to avoid crowd disasters [8,9,11,19] have led us to an understanding of the underlying dynamics.…”