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Pedestrian flows and non-classical shocks

Rinaldo M. Colombo, Massimiliano D. Rosini

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences · 2005 · 210 citations · 21 references

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We present a model for the flow of pedestrians that describes features typical of this flow, such as the fall due to panic in the outflow of people through a door. The mathematical techniques essentially depend on the use of non-classical shocks in scalar conservation laws. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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