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The analysis of evacuation processes on-board passenger ships has attracted increasing interest over the last years. Most of the approaches utilise so called flow models. Cellular automaton models, widely used for traffic simulations, on the other hand provide a more natural approach towards pedestrian dynamics. Two major difficulties are intrinsical to the problem: two-dimensional movement of pedestrians and the complexity of psychological and social influences. In this paper a simple CA-model for the description of crowd motion is presented and its implementation in a simulation software outlined. The validity of the assumptions and the scope of the applications will have to be scrutinised by comparison with empirical data from actual evacuations or drills.
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Klüpfel, H., Meyer-König, T., Wahle, J., Schreckenberg, M. (2001). Microscopic Simulation of Evacuation Processes on Passenger Ships. In: Bandini, S., Worsch, T. (eds) Theory and Practical Issues on Cellular Automata. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0709-5_8
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