Special Session 187: New Trends in Crowd Dynamics and Traffic Flow

On a modified Hughes model for crowd motion
Hamza Ennaji
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP*, LJK
France
Co-Author(s):    Noureddine Igbida, Jos\`{e} Miguel Urbano
Abstract:
We introduce a macroscopic crowd motion model inspired by Hughes (2002, 2003), coupling a nonlinear conservation law for pedestrian density with an Eikonal equation characterizing the shortest path. This approach modifies Hughes` original formulation and refines the prediction-correction framework recently proposed by Ennaji, Igbida and Jradi (2023). By incorporating anticipatory behavior and dynamic route adjustment, our model offers a realistic representation of crowd dynamics in complex environments. Finally, we present the mathematical formulation, discuss its well-posedness, and illustrate its qualitative behavior through numerical simulations.