Characterizing correlations of flow oscillations at bottlenecks
arXiv:cond-mat/0601021 · doi:10.1088/1742-5468/2006/02/P02005
Abstract
"Oscillations" occur in quite different kinds of many-particle-systems when two groups of particles with different directions of motion meet or intersect at a certain spot. We present a model of pedestrian motion that is able to reproduce oscillations with different characteristics. The Wald-Wolfowitz test and Gillis' correlated random walk are shown to hold observables that can be used to characterize different kinds of oscillations.