Events like public viewing, city festivals or concerts are an integral component of urban life. In order to create accident-preventing safety concepts, the organizers and security forces of such events are still in need of scientifically proven planning aids. The purpose of the project is to support those responsible with a better foundation for decisions by evolving new methods combining and integrating known ones. The research objective of the CMS Department is to develop novel multiscale techniques for computational simulations of pedestrian flows. The simulation results help experts to plan and execute urban events.

A multiscale coupling of simulation models featuring different spatial discretization levels is to be developed for the purpose of reducing the disadvantages of the different models. Macroscopic simulation models, which rest upon a network abstraction of the scenario, may be highly efficient but ignore interactions between individuals. In contrast, microscopic models exhibit an excellent spatial resolution but tend to involve a great amount of computational input. In order to overcome the conflicting goals of high spatial accuracy and fast computation times, we will realize a scale-sensitive integration of existing methods. This approach will lower the impact of the respective downsides. Based on the given precision requirement, an area can be selected within a simulation scenario in order to implement a different simulation engine in each chosen region. The main scientific challenge of this approach is to research spatial resolution transition methods at the bounds of the simulations areas. The multiscale transition approach has to ensure that the simulation methods employed remain stable. A dynamic switching between different simulation systems can extend the promised multiscale techniques. Switching the simulation models leads to a zoom-in approach. It makes it possible to swap the simulation models of arbitrary areas of the scenario and thus change the spatial resolution required.

The second objective is to utilize existing information on the structural character of the venue as a direct input parameter for the simulation. For this purpose, we will research new methods for extracting geometrical information from digital building and city models. The scientific challenge is to provide all the information acquired at an appropriate level of abstraction for simulation purposes.

A demonstrator implementation will display the feasibility of the acquired methods and concepts. In this context, the new simulation framework MomenTUM v2 pedestrian simulator was developed.

Publications

Kielar, P. M.; Borrmann, A.: Spice: A Cognitive Agent Framework for Computational Crowd Simulations in Complex Environment. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 32 (3), 2018, 387-416 more…
Bareth, Thomas: Baudimensionierung hinsichtlich Fluchtwegesicherheit und Komfort – eine Betrachtung von ingenieurtechnischen Berechnungsmethoden vor dem Hintergrund der baurechtlichen Vorschriften. , 2017 more…
Handel, O.; Borrmann, A.: Service bottlenecks in pedestrian dynamics. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science 14 (5), 2017, 392-405 more…
Kielar, Peter M.; Biedermann, Daniel H.; Kneidl, Angelika; Borrmann, André: A unified pedestrian routing model for graph-based wayfinding built on cognitive principles. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science 14 (5), 2017, 406-432 more…
Lahr, S.: Durchführung einer mikroskopischen Personenstromanalyse zur Optimierung und Evaluation der Abläufe, von Umbaumaßnahmen des Münchner Hauptbahnhofes. , 2017 more…
Kielar, Peter M.; Hrabák, Pavel; Bukáček, Marek; Borrmann, André: Using Raspberry Pi for Measuring Pedestrian Visiting Patterns via WiFi-Signals in Uncontrolled Field Studies. Proc. of the 12. Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow, 2017 more…
Lauterbach, Sven: Performanceoptimierung von Fußgängersimulationen durch Einsatz von Parallelisierungstechniken. , 2017 more…
Cheng, Zhibin: Modelling Pedestrian Group Behaviors on a Music Festival Event Using an Agent-based Method. , 2016 more…
Biedermann, D. H.; Kielar, P. M.; Riedl, A. M.; Borrmann, A.: Oppilatio+ - A data and cognitive science based approach to analyze pedestrian flows in networks. Collective Dynamics 1, 2016, 1-30 more…
Thieme, Christian: Implementierung einer Sensorik für virtuelle Fußgänger im Kontext der agentenbasierten Modellierung und Simulation. Bachelor's thesis, 2016 more…
Handel, O.: Modeling Dynamic Decision-Making of Virtual Humans. Systems 4 (1), 2016, 4 more…
Ehrecke, Leo: Examination of the Professional Support for a Major Public Event. Bachelor's thesis, 2016 more…
Kielar, P. M.; Borrmann, A.: Modeling pedestrians’ interest in locations: A concept to improve simulations of pedestrian destination choice. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 61, 2016, 47-62 more…
Faure, Julien: Vergleich und Bewertung von Analysewerkzeugen für die Validierung und Kalibierung von mikroskopischen Personenstrommodellen. Master thesis, 2015 more…
Biedermann, D. H.; Kielar, P. M.; Borrmann, A.: Oppilatio - The Forecast of Crowd Congestions on Street Networks During Public Events. Proc. of the TGF 2015, 2015 more…
Handel, O.; Borrmann, A.: The relationship between the waiting crowd and the average service time. Proceedings of the 11. Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow, 2015 more…
Kielar, P. M.; Biedermann, D. H.; Kneidl, A.; Borrmann, A.: A Unified Pedestrian Routing Model Combining Multiple Graph-Based Navigation Methods. Proceedings of the 11. Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow, 2015 more…
Seitz, M.; Seer, S.; Klettner, S.; Handel, O.; Köster, G.: How do we wait? Fundamentals, characteristics, and modeling implications. Proc. of the TGF 2015, 2015 more…
Kielar, Peter M.; Biedermann, Daniel H.; Dietrich, Felix: Gentle Coupling of Pedestrian Behavior Model Implementations: a Pedestrian Simulator Interoperability Protocol. Proc. of the 27. Forum Bauinformatik, 2015 more…
Biedermann, D. H.; Kielar, P. M.; Aumann, Q.; Osorio, C. M.; Lai, C. T. W.: CarPed – A Hybrid and Macroscopic Traffic and Pedestrian Simulator. Proceedings of the 27th Forum Bauinformatik, 2015 more…
Handel, O.; Gümüs, E.; Papoutsis, E.; Amann, J.: Dynamic Visualization of Pedestrian Simulation Data. Proceedings of the 27th Forum Bauinformatik, 2015 more…
Biedermann, D. H.; Dietrich, F.; Handel, O.; Kielar, P. M.; Seitz, M.: Using Raspberry Pi for scientific video observation of pedestrians during a music festival. Technische Universität München, 2015, more…
Biedermann, D. H.; Kielar, P. M.; Handel, O.: Betrachtung der Modellierung und Simulation von Fußgängern im Kontext verschiedener Skalen. Proc. of the 26th Forum Bauinformatik, 2014 more…
Handel, O.; Biedermann, D. H.; Kielar, P. M.; Borrmann, A.: A System Dynamics based perspective to help understanding the managerial big picture in respect of urban event dynamics. Proc. of the 7th Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, 2014 more…
Biedermann, D. H.; Kielar, P. M.; Handel, O.; Borrmann, A.: Towards TransiTUM: A Generic Framework for Multiscale Coupling of Pedestrian Simulation Models based on Transition Zones. Transportation Research Procedia, 2014 more…
Mayer, Hermann; Klein, Wolfram; Frey, Christian; Daum, Simon; Kielar, Peter M.; Borrmann, André: Pedestrian Simulation based on BIM Data. Proc. of the ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference, 2014 more…

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Peter Kielar