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Multi Agent System (MAS)

The embedded Multi Agent System (MAS) allows for the modeling of pedestrian movement in complex (urban) terrain. The following text provides an overview of the model's functionality as well as underlying concepts. This will cover the topics of creating a visibility graph, pathfinding, and Social Forces for collision avoidance.

For a list of input parameters, see agents_par.

This section contains information concerning agent navigation. This includes preprocessing (creation of a visibility graph) and online steps (during simulation).

Visibility graph

Prior to a simulation using the MAS navigation information for the agents must be preprocessed. The result is a navigation graph that agents can use to find their way around obstacles toward their target.

Concept

Creating the visibility graph

A tool separate from PALM has been developed to calculate the visibility graph. It is a standalone Fortran program (find it at UTIL/nav_mesh/nav_mesh.f90).
The usage of this tool is subject to chage! The following description is preliminary'''

To execute the the tool copy nav_mesh.f90 to the INPUT-folder of your JOB. Compile it, including your NetCDF-libraries. At IMUK the command is (replace the paths according to your local NetCDF installation):

ifort -cpp -I /muksoft/packages/netcdf4_hdf5parallel/4411c_443f/hdf5-1.10.0-patch1/mvapich2-2.3rc1/intel/2018.1.163/include/ \\
           -L /muksoft/packages/netcdf4_hdf5parallel/4411c_443f/hdf5-1.10.0-patch1/mvapich2-2.3rc1/intel/2018.1.163/lib -D__netcdf -lnetcdf -lnetcdff nav_mesh.f90
  mkdir -p ~/palm/current_version/

L, u as well as

$\overline{u_i^{\prime\prime} u_3^{\prime\prime}}$

References

  • Detering HW, Etling D. 1985. Application of the E-ε turbulence model to the atmospheric boundary layer. Bound.-Lay. Meteorol. 33: 113–133.