Keep right or left? Towards a cognitive-mathematical model for pedestrians

Mary J.  Bravo; Marco Caponigro; Emily  Leibowitz; Benedetto Piccoli; Mary J.  Bravo; Marco Caponigro; Emily  Leibowitz; Benedetto Piccoli

doi:10.3934/nhm.2015.10.559

Networks and Heterogeneous Media

2015, Volume 10, Issue 3: 559-578. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2015.10.559

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Keep right or left? Towards a cognitive-mathematical model for pedestrians

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Rutgers University, Department of Psychology, Camden, NJ 08102
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Équipe M2N - EA 7340, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris
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Joseph and Loretta Lopez Chair Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Program Director, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University - Camden, 311 N 5th Street, Camden, NJ 08102

Received: 01 March 2015 Revised: 01 May 2015
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In this paper we discuss the necessity of insight in the cognitive processes involved in environment navigation into mathematical models for pedestrian motion. We first provide a review of psychological literature on the cognitive processes involved in walking and on the quantitative one coming from applied mathematics, physics, and engineering. Then, we present a critical analysis of the experimental setting for model testing and we show experimental results given by observation. Finally we propose a cognitive model making use of psychological insight as well as optimization models from robotics.
- Mathematical psychology,
- crowd dynamics,
- pedestrian behavior,
- multiscale models,
- experimental settings
Citation: Mary J. Bravo, Marco Caponigro, Emily Leibowitz, Benedetto Piccoli. Keep right or left? Towards a cognitive-mathematical model for pedestrians[J]. Networks and Heterogeneous Media, 2015, 10(3): 559-578. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2015.10.559

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Abstract

In this paper we discuss the necessity of insight in the cognitive processes involved in environment navigation into mathematical models for pedestrian motion. We first provide a review of psychological literature on the cognitive processes involved in walking and on the quantitative one coming from applied mathematics, physics, and engineering. Then, we present a critical analysis of the experimental setting for model testing and we show experimental results given by observation. Finally we propose a cognitive model making use of psychological insight as well as optimization models from robotics.

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