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VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

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Parameters of the Social Force Model in <strong>VISSIM</strong><br />

► noise<br />

The greater this parameter value, the stronger is the random force that is<br />

added to the systematically calculated forces if a pedestrian remains<br />

below his desired speed for a certain time. Check this effect like this: Let<br />

a group of pedestrians pass a bottleneck of about 70 cm. With noise=0,<br />

so-called "arches" will form and stay stable. If the noise value is in the<br />

range of [0.8..1.4] then one pedestrian will step back after a while and<br />

another other one will pass.<br />

► react_to_n<br />

Only the influences of the n closest pedestrians are considered when the<br />

total force is calculated for a pedestrian.<br />

In the folder ..\EXAMPLES\TRAINING\PEDESTRIANS\PARAMETER<br />

DEMONSTRATION you can find training example models specifically<br />

demonstrating the effect of this parameter.<br />

► queue_order and queue_straightness<br />

These two parameters control the shapes of queues. Use values<br />

between 0.0 and 1.0. Generally speaking, the greater the parameter<br />

values the more orderly the queue will be.<br />

► side_preference<br />

This parameter determines whether opposing flows of pedestrians prefer<br />

either the right side or the left side for passing each other. Enter -1 for<br />

right-side preference or 1 for left-side preference. For uncontrolled<br />

behavior as hitherto, enter 0.<br />

In the folder ..\EXAMPLES\TRAINING\PEDESTRIANS\PARAMETER<br />

DEMONSTRATION you can find training example models specifically<br />

demonstrating the effect of this parameter.<br />

7.6.2 Implementation-specific Global Parameters<br />

In contrast to the parameters above which are to be set by pedestrian type,<br />

the following parameters take a global effect, i.e. they are not type-specific.<br />

In case of various behavior parameter files <strong>VISSIM</strong> will use the parameter<br />

values set in the parameter file for the pedestrian type with the smallest<br />

number.<br />

► grid_size<br />

By this parameter one defines how far at largest pedestrians influence<br />

each other.<br />

The pedestrians are stored in a grid with cells of size grid_size x<br />

grid_size square meters. Each pedestrian only interacts with the<br />

pedestrians in the same or adjacent (including over corner) grid cells.<br />

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