This is a past event
Please join us for a CTR seminar on “Agent-based modelling of pedestrian behaviour: modelling for ‘nanosimulations’” presented by Prof. Sabine Timpf of the University of Augsburg.
The seminar will be held on Tuesday, 20th September at 4PM in the University of Aberdeen’s Fraser Noble building, room 156. All are welcome to attend.
Abstract
Simulations of urban transportation reflect the modelling purpose, which is concerned with managing or optimizing the whole transportation system. As a consequence, individual travel behaviour does not seem to play a role and thus is not modelled. However, we know that e.g., the (perceived) number of transfers in a public transportation route, the spatial arrangement of transfer stations or the (perceived) complexity of the payment scheme play a significant role in mode choice. Our aim is to work towards a simulation of urban transportation from the bottom up, i.e., starting with individual decisions and leading to an emergent transportation system. In contrast to micro-simulation, we call this type of simulation nano-simulation. Starting with pedestrians, we develop agent-based models of spatial behaviour taking into account environmental cognition. Recently we simulated different route choice strategies (simplest path, longest-leg-first, least-angle, mental map) and explored differences between types of movement (uphill/downhill, summer/winter, group/single, moving around small/medium/large obstacles). These small models and simulations allow more variation in the behaviour of pedestrians and should provide a richer understanding of movement and route choices in urban environments.
- Speaker
- Prof Sabine Timpf
- Hosted by
- Centre for Transport Research
- Venue
- Fraser Noble Building, Room 156