Simulation of Pedestrian Group Behavior

Authors

• John M. Usher, Mississippi State University
• Ross McCool, Mississippi State University
• Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University
• Daniel Carruth, Mississippi State University
• Cindy Bethel, Mississippi State University
• David C. May, Mississippi State University

ORCID

May: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8275-6773

MSU Affiliation

College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Sociology

Creation Date

2026-06-01

Abstract

The Intermodal Simulator for the Analysis of Pedestrian Traffic (ISAPT) was originally developed for the purpose of modeling pedestrian traffic within intermodal facilities, such that designers can evaluate the impact of building design on the level of service provided. However, recent years have seen the extension of ISAPT to handle the modeling pedestrians in open environments for various applications involving pedestrian traffic. When you venture outside of the common intermodal center environment, the need to be able to model social group behavior becomes more important. This paper investigates issues in simulating social group behavior and presents an overview of the approach used by ISAPT for modeling small social group behavior. Example simulated scenarios of various group behaviors are provided to illustrate the simulation system's capabilities.

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2016)

Publisher

Institute of Industrial Engineers

First Page

169

Last Page

174

Recommended Citation

Usher, J. M., McCool, R., Strawderman, L., Carruth, D., Bethel, C., & May, D. C. (n.d.). Simulation of pedestrian group behavior. Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2016), 169–174.