Abstract

Simulations enable to predict pedestrian flows for the evaluation of architectural designs and operational plans. In order to assess the strength and weaknesses of different pedestrian simulation models, their performance has to be evaluated in a qualitative and quantitative manner. The RiMEA-Guideline aspires to define a minimum standard for evacuation analysis based on different test cases for evaluating implementations of pedestrian simulation models. This paper provides a comparison of three different pedestrian simulation models, i.e. Social Force, Cellular Automaton and Optimal Reciprocal Collision Avoidance, based on selected test cases from the RiMEA-Guideline. The results provide model developers and practitioners valuable insights into the major differences between the evaluated pedestrian simulation models.