General scaling in bidirectional flows of self-avoiding agents.

ABSTRACT: The analysis of the classical radial distribution function of a system provides a possible procedure for uncovering interaction rules between individuals out of collective movement patterns. A formal extension of this approach has revealed recently the existence of a universal scaling in the collective spatial patterns of pedestrians, characterized by an effective potential of interaction [Formula: see text] conveniently defined in the space of the times-to-collision [Formula: see text] between the individuals. Here we significantly extend and clarify this idea by exploring numerically the emergence of that scaling for different scenarios. In particular, we compare the results of bidirectional flows when completely different rules of self-avoidance between individuals are assumed (from phy

SUBMITTER: Cristin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6898712 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature