Gap Analysis of Current Industrial Challenges and the State-of-the-Art in Pedestrian Modelling

We present a gap analysis that maps the current problem classes being addressed by the pedestrian modelling community to the current classes of problem faced by pedestrian mobility consultants in industry. A review of the PED2010 proceedings and the TGF2013 book of abstracts was performed to generate a snapshot of the state-of-the-art with respect to: problem classes; and metrics of interest. These were mapped onto the findings of interviews with industrial experts. Our research suggests that the state-of-the-art is not addressing a significant class of practical problem related to master-planning and ‘holistic’ built environment simulation with respect to route choice and process driven movement.