Self-Organized Phase Transitions in Cellular Automaton Models for Pedestrians

Abstract

Cellular automaton models for walking of pedestrians are studied in a system where one pedestrian and many pedestrians walk in the opposite direction and encounter each other on a passageway. Two models have been studied for the behavior avoiding from collision when the pedestrians meet with each other. Phase transitions on the walking behavior occur by self-organization with the critical density on the pedestrians.