Towards Modeling Activity Scheduling in an Agent-based Model for Pedestrian Dynamics Simulation

In this paper we present an extension of an agentbased model representing pedestrian dynamics in order to include elements related to activity scheduling and the management of events. In particular, we will focus on the guidelines to analyze the scenario, identifying activities and the temporal relationships among them, such as how events that happen in an environment and change its configuration can be represented by means of the operational model and how the decision process of agents is influenced by them. An analysis of modeling activities in a real-word case scenario will be presented.

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