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A Mobile Agent-based Computing Environment for Pedestrian Tracking Simulation

  • Xie, Rong;Shibasaki, Ryosuke
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.354-356
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    • 2003
  • The study of pedestrian behavior covers wide topics, including way finding, choice and decision make, as well as spatial cognition and environmental perception. To address the problem, simulation is now put forward as suitable technique and method for analyzing human spatial behavior. In the paper we present a development architecture for simulating tracking pedestrian in a distributed environment. We introduce and explore the potential of using mobile agent-enabled distributed implementation model as a tool for development and implementation of the simulation. Three kinds of mobile agents are designed for implementation of managing and querying data of pedestrian. Finally, simulation result of JR 10,000 passengers’ movement is developed and implemented as a case study.

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Simulating Pedestrian Evacuation Using Geographic Information Technologies

  • Jingjing, Shi;Hui, Lin
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.414-416
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    • 2003
  • Pedestrian assemblage is now a normal phenomenon in modern cities. To maintain an unblocked traffic situation, protect the pedestrians' safety and make preparedness for any emergencies is an important task for police department. Modeling pedestrian dynamics and simulating evacuation process can provide useful information for make accurate decisions. In this paper, by virtue of geographic information technologies, the authors proposed a conceptual framework to simulate pedestrian dynamics and evacuation in an open urban environment.

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A Study on the Pedestrian Mall Planning and its Design in Campus Surroundings -in the Case of the Regenerated Block of Kyungchun-railroad Track- (대학과 지역사회의 연계성 강화를 위한 보행전용가로 조성방안 연구 -서울산업대학교앞 철도폐선부지를 중심으로-)

  • Yoon, Yong-Gi
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.75-85
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to find out the characteristics of physical planning elements in the pedestrian malls when cultural events for young ages proved; the planning strategies for the regeneration of the block of Kyungchun-railroad track, which is removing planned in campus surroundings. Local Government' initiation makes possible to make improvement and give administrative and financial support which is sensitive to the existing conditions of railroad for the better living environment. Thus, this research suggests how the block of Kyungchun-railroad track, which is removing planned, as a newly organized pedestrian mall design system can cope with collaborating a board and community, which has in campus surroundings related. This study consists of following four parts; 1. six-case pedestrian mall in campus surroundings in Seoul were analyzed in terms of physical and cultural factors for young ages between university and community. 2. we focused on the analysis of correlation between the physical planning factors and the spatial requirements for cultural event when the pedestrian mall in campus surroundings is designed. The paper's significance lies in that it shows a new direction in urban renewal planning and design which has been made into a pedestrian mall plan through in support of the application to the pilot project compared with previous physical environment.

An Evaluation of Pedestrian Environments based on the Criteria of Universal Design Theory - A case study of old town area in Seoul - (서울시 유니버설디자인 보행환경 조성을 위한 보행환경 평가 연구 - 서울시 사대문안 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Jeong, Sangyun;Sohn, Dong-Wook
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to examine urban built environments associated with the walking behavior in order to identify the problem of urban infrastructure from the perspective of Universal design theory. Using the walkability criteria developed based on the findings of previous studies on Universal design theory and walking environment, the urban built environments in old town area of Seoul were evaluated. The results of the evaluation indicated that the pedestrian infrastructure in the study area had several shortcomings to improve in order to provide walking-friendly environments. First, the pedestrian infrastructure for visually impaired people were severely limited. Second, walking traffics in large portion of the street networks were interrupted by a variety of obstacles such as parked cars, signboards, and illegal street shops. Third, there were certain areas where the quality of pavement was not properly managed. In summary, this study provides an empirical data to understand the current situation of pedestrian infrastructure in the urban areas. Improvement of pedestrian infrastructure is needed to address the issues related to the mobility of the disabled people. It is also recommended to construct the GIS data on walking environment in order to develop and mange a long-term public investment plan for walking-friendly urban environments.

A New Route Guidance Method Considering Pedestrian Level of Service using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Technique

  • Joo, Yong-Jin;Kim, Soo-Ho
    • Spatial Information Research
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2011
  • The route finding analysis is an essential geo-related decision support tool in a LBS(Location based Services) and previous researches related to route guidance have been mainly focused on route guidances for vehicles. However, due to the recent spread of personal computing devices such as PDA, PMP and smart phone, route guidance for pedestrians have been increasingly in demand. The pedestrian route guidance is different from vehicle route guidance because pedestrians are affected more surrounding environment than vehicles. Therefore, pedestrian path finding needs considerations of factors affecting walking. This paper aimed to extract factors affecting walking and charting the factors for application factors affecting walking to pedestrian path finding. In this paper, we found various factors about environment of road for pedestrian and extract the factors affecting walking. Factors affecting walking consist of 4 categories traffic, sidewalk, network, safety facility. We calculated weights about each factor using analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Based on weights we calculated scores about each factor's attribute. The weight is maximum score of factor. These scores of factor are used to optimal pedestrian path finding as path finding cost with distance, accessibility.

Accessibility Situation of Pedestrian Environment Buildings in College Campus from Manual Wheelchair Users' Perspective and Accessibility Map Development - Focused on a Case of University-C - (자주식 휠체어 사용자 관점의 캠퍼스 보행환경과 건물 접근성 실태 및 접근성 맵 제작 - C대학교 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • So-Hee, Moon;Ga-Ram, Han;Hyun-Jeong, Lee
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.23-33
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    • 2017
  • This study was aimed to assess accessibility situation of pedestrian environment of University-C focusing on accessibility of manual wheelchair users and to develop accessibility campus map. During March and April 2016, barrierfree design application situation of pedestrian environment and building entrances were investigated using a structured checklist and a digital distance and slope meter. Major findings are as follow. (1) Except one case, widths of all pedestrian routes (both sidewalk and non-sidewalk routes) exceeded 2 meters. (2) As for sidewalk and driveway contact point condition, there were many spots lacking curb ramp or alterative ramp that are accessible for manual wheelchair users. (3) More than half of non-sidewalk pedestrian routes did not have bollard to separate pedestrian and vehicle flows, and more than 92% of the bollards installed were too close for wheelchair users to pass or too far to prevent vehicle access. (4) More than 59 percent of the building entrances were found impossible for manual wheelchair users to access without any assistance, and one third of the buildings did not have any single accessible entrance. Based on the study findings, campus accessibility map was developed by the researchers and disseminated through university homepage. Using the campus accessibility map, users can plan their accessible paths ahead the trip.

Validation of applying Canopy model to predict wind environment of pedestrian level by CFD simulation (보행자 레벨의 풍환경 예측 시 Canopy Model을 적용한 CFD 시뮬레이션 타당성 검증)

  • Jung, Su-Hyeon;Hong, In-Pyo;Song, Doo-Sam
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.03a
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    • pp.345-353
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    • 2012
  • Recently rapid urbanization facilitates development of high-rise building complex including apartment and office building in urban area. Many problems related with high-rise building are reported. Especially, unpleasant strong winds in pedestrian area are frequently encountered around the high-rise building. CFD simulation methods are used to analyze the wind environment of pedestrian level in high-rise building block. However the results show differences between CFD and measurement. The reason for the difference is that conventional CFD simulation couldn't consider the effect of trees, shrubs and plants which affect the wind environment. Canopy model is a solution to solve the limitation of CFD analysis. In this paper, the canopy model to predict wind environment of pedestrian level by CFD simulation will be proposed and the validity will be analyzed by comparison of measurement and CFD prediction.

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The Relationship between the Pedestrian Movement Pattern and the Pedestrian Network at a University Campus (대학 캠퍼스 보행자 이동패턴과 보행네트워크간의 상호관련성)

  • Lee, Yu-Mi;Shin, Haeng-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2014
  • Many Korean university campuses are located on hilly terrain where the hierarchy of the path system is unclear. Therefore, it is difficult to analyze the pedestrian network through space syntax, in which only horizontal direction changes are considered as depths of space. The purpose of this study is to compare pedestrian movement patterns and space syntax analysis in order to find their relevance to each other and the relationship between them. We conducted a survey regarding the most-visited buildings and pathways at S-University, which is located on a hilly area in Seoul. The survey results were compared with the Space Syntax integration map by regression analysis. For the segments where the relationship between pedestrian volume and integration was weak, field observations were conducted. As a result, topographical aspects, functional aspects, and location aspects were observed as the main influential factors. In addition, the research proposes that adding an extra axial line per vertical directional change can potentially compensate for the low relevance of stairs. This study suggests the possibility and the necessity of three-dimensional space syntax programs and emphasizes the importance of campus planning for the pedestrian environment.

Development of Web Based Walking Environmental Measurement System Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach (계층분석법을 이용한 웹 기반 GIS 보행환경측정 시스템 개발)

  • Joo, Yong-Jin;Lee, Soo-Il;Kim, Tae-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.3-11
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    • 2011
  • This paper aims to develop a web based GIS system which is able to evaluate and visualize the overall degree (in terms of pleasantness and aesthetics) of pedestrian friendliness of the environment, as well as pedestrians' convenience through a Walkability Indicators that simplify pedestrian environment elements into a quantitative index in accordance with characteristics of pedestrian space. To make this goal come true, we developed and applied Walkability index which can measure the pedestrian environment through reflecting quantitative Indicators based on GIS supplementing the limit of Literature Review. In addition, in order to develop index we utilized AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) and we displayed measurement result on study area through web GIS Services. The proposed pedestrian measurement system is expected to be applicable in the visualization of pedestrian movements and the evaluation of convenience levels of pedestrian environment.

A Study on the Analysis of the User's Degree of Satisfaction in Urban Pedestrian Sidewalk -Case Study of Urban Pedestrian Sidewalk in Taejon City- (도시가로 보행자 공간의 만족요인 분석에 관한 연구 -대전시 도시 가로 보행자 공간을 중심으로-)

  • 김대현
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.29-40
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    • 1994
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate factors and variables which have significant effects on satisfaction of urban pedestrian sidewalk in taejon city, and to suggest basic information for urban pedestrian sidewalk. These works consist of two phase; The first, tested the user's degree of satisfaction for 37 spots of pedestrian sidewalk slide and then selected 10 spots slide by the stratified random sampling method. The second, analyzed factors and variables of satisfaction of urban pedestrian sidewalk using the semantic differential scale method, and then processed by mean score, correlation, factor analysis, multiful algorithm. The results were summarized as follows; 1) The relationship between the man group and the woman group was highly correlated as well as between the student group.1 and the student group.2 hense these groups statistically showed no difference in satisfaction ratings. 2) Pedestrian sidewalk width, cleanness, pavement materials and construction condition can be significant variables of satisfaction of urban pedestrian sidewalk. 3) Factors covering the satisfaction of urban pedestrian sidewalk have been found to be Environment of pedestrian sidewalk, Vegetation of pedestrian sidewalk and Form of pedestrian sidewalk. By using the control method for the number of factors, C.P. has been obtained as 62.8%.

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