267 – Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Statistical Behavior of a Crowd Composed of Individuals and Couples During Panic Evacuation
Guillermo A. Frank
University of Buenos Aires
Claudio O. Dorso
University of Buenos Aires
Understanding the timing requirements for evacuation of people has focused primarily on individual pedestrians rather than pedestrians emotionally connected. However, the main statistical effects observed in crowds, the so-called "faster is slower", "smartness is not always better" and "low visibility improvement", can not explain the overall behavior of a crowd during an evacuation process when couples related by feelings are present. Our research addresses this issue and examines in detail the statistical behavior of a mixture of individuals and couples during a (panic) escaping process. In particular, we analyzed the role that the feelings intensity play in time delays during the evacuation of a room.