Simulation model for the decision-making behavior in pedestrian evacuation with floor field cellular automata approach

In order to simulate pedestrian evacuation from a room with multiple exits, an extended floor field cellular automata (CA) model is proposed to describe the decision-making behavior of pedestrians in a realistic way. The problem of the potential distortion and reciprocating route of pedestrians is solved. Meanwhile, the visual factor and the visual field are introduced to reveal the effect of visual sense on intelligent decision-making behavior of evacuees. To make the simulation more reasonable, human psychological behaviors are considered in the model, such as panic psychology, self-protection awareness, competition awareness, etc. Moreover, the width and the layout of exits are also taken into account and the critical value is obtained by simulation. The results show that the proposed CA model is efficient and realistic in the assessment of both human evacuation and building design. © 2015 SERSC.