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Social force models for pedestrian traffic – state of the art

Xu ChenState Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Martin TreiberInstitute of Transport and Economics, Technology University of Dresden, Dresden, GermanyView further author information
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Venkatesan KanagarajInstitute of Transport and Economics, Technology University of Dresden, Dresden, GermanyView further author information
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Haiying LiState Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
Pages 625-653 | Received 26 Apr 2017, Accepted 15 Oct 2017, Published online: 05 Nov 2017

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