A simulation model of pedestrian flow based on Bayesian Nash Equilibrium and a Multi-Agent System

Agent-based modeling and simulation has become one of the mainstream approaches for research on pedestrian flows. This paper describes an evacuation simulation model of pedestrian flow based on a Muti-Agent System (MAS) and Bayesian Nash Equilibrium (BNE). BNE was adopted here to complement the rationality of pedestrian decision-making process during evacuation simulation, and MAS was used to simulate their movement and behaviors. Some self-organization phenomena (e.g. following/conformity behavior) were also included in this model. This paper provides a detailed introduction of the initial model and results and identifies several future directions.