Incorporating genetic algorithm to optimise initial condition of pedestrian evacuation based on agent aggressiveness

In the study of pedestrian evacuation dynamics, pedestrian aggressiveness is important to consider as it potentially impacts evacuation efficiency. A representative example is the ‘faster-is-slower’ phenomenon. In reality, a crowd is a mixture of patient and impatient pedestrians, rather than a collection of like individuals. The impact of such heterogeneity has been reported in previous studies; however, these studies are all based on...