Academic Publications

With  Google Scholar, Researchgate, arXiv, ORCID and others having evolved to their current state there is no more need to update this list further. Please see my profiles there for publications of 2015 and later.

2015 or in press
note: the bibtex data of "in press", "to be published" or "accepted" entries usually is not the final one

T. Kretz, J. Lohmiller, and J. Schlaich "The Inflection Point of the Speed-Density Relation and the Social Force Model" in Traffic and Granular Flow 2015, W. Daamen, V. Knoop, S.P. Hoogendoorn (eds). (accepted for presentation). download from arxiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz "On Oscillations in the Social Force Model" in Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications vol. 438 pp. 272-285 (2015). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

V. Ziemer and T. Kretz "Travel Time-Based One-Shot Assignment for Pedestrian Simulation" in 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board 2015 (on conference CD: 15-2094) (2015). Bibtex.

M.A. Arman, A. Rafe, and T. Kretz "Pedestrian Gap Acceptance Behavior: Case Study in Tehran, Iran" in 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board 2015 (on conference CD: 15-2217) (2015). Bibtex.

Bamberger, A.-L. Geßler, P. Heitzelmann, S. Korn, J. Kahlmeyer, X.H. Lu, Q.H. Sang, Z.J. Wang, G.Z. Yuan, M. Gauß, and T. Kretz "Crowd Research at School: Crossing Flows" in Traffic and Granular Flow '13, M. Chraibi, M. Boltes, A. Schadschneider, A. Seyfried (eds.), Springer-Verlag (2015). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, K. Lehmann, and I. Hofsäß "Pedestrian Route Choice by Iterated Equilibrium Search" in Traffic and Granular Flow '13, M. Chraibi, M. Boltes, A. Schadschneider, A. Seyfried (eds.), Springer-Verlag (2015). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

2014

T. Kretz "A Link to Practice - A Reply to Urs Walter's Opening Presentation at PED 2012" in The Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2014 (PED 2014), 22-24 October 2014, Delft, The Netherlands, published as special issue of Transportation Research Procedia, W. Daamen, D.C. Duiven, and S.P. Hoogendoorn (eds.), vol 2 pp. 177-182 (2014). Bibtex.

D. Kara, S. Koesling, T. Kretz, Y. Laugel, F. Reutenauer, and F. Schubert "Microsimulation - a robust technical planning method with strong visual output" in Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering 167(5) pp. 17-24 (2014). Bibtex.

V. Roca, V. Torres, T. Kretz, K. Lehmann, and I. Hofsäß "How to Apply Assignment Methods that were Developed for Vehicular Traffic to Pedestrian Microsimulations" in PANAM 2014 - 18th Pan-American Conference of Traffic and Transportation Engineering and Logistics, published as special issue of Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, A. Ibeas, J.L. Moura, L. dell'Olio, and B. Alonsovol (eds.), vol 162 pp. 15-23 (2014). Bibtex.

T. Kretz, K. Lehmann, I. Hofsäß, and A. Leonhardt "Dynamic Assignment in Microsimulations of Pedestrians" in 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board 2014 (on conference CD: 14-0941) (2014). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, K. Lehmann, and I. Hofsäß "User Equilibrium Route Assignment for Microscopic Pedestrian Simulation" in Advances in Complex Systems 17(2) pp. 1450010 (2014). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz "The Effect of Integrating Travel Time" in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012, U. Weidmann, U. Kirsch, and M. Schreckenberg (eds.), pp. 1013-1028, Springer-Verlag (2014). ISBN: 978-3-319-02446-2. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

2013

T. Kretz, S. Hengst, A. Pérez Arias, S. Friedberger, and U.D. Hanebeck "Using a Telepresence System to Investigate Route Choice Behavior" in Traffic and Granular Flow '11V.V. Kozlov, A.P. Buslaev, A.S. Bugaev, M.V. Yashina, A. Schadschneider, and M. Schreckenberg (eds.), pp. 139-148, Springer-Verlag (2013). ISBN: 978-3-642-39668-7. download from arXiv . Bibtex.

T. Kretz "Counterflow in Evacuations" in Traffic and Granular Flow '11, V.V. Kozlov, A.P. Buslaev, A.S. Bugaev, M.V. Yashina, A. Schadschneider, and M. Schreckenberg (eds.), pp. 129-138, Springer-Verlag (2013). ISBN: 978-3-642-39668-7. download from arXiv. Bibtex. See associated video at youtube.

T. Kretz, K. Lehmann, and T. Friderich "Selected Applications of a Dynamic Assignment Method for Microscopic Simulation of Pedestrians" in European Transport Conference 2013, Association for European Transport (2013). download from aetransport.org. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, F. Schubert, and F. Reutenauer "Using Micro-Simulation in the Restructuring of an Urban Environment in Favor of Walkability" in European Transport Conference 2013, Association for European Transport (2013). download from aetransport.org. Bibtex.

T. Kretz "Ursachen und Konsequenzen der (wieder) wachsenden Bedeutung des Fußverkehres" in DVWG-Jahresband 2011/12: Perspektive Mobilität - Herausforderungen im gesellschaftlichen Wandel Deutsche Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e.V. (DVWG) pp. 146-151 (2013). download from researchgate.net. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, F. Reutenauer, and F. Schubert "Multimodal Simulation-based Planning for Pedestrians" in 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board 2013 (on conference CD: 13-1943) (2013). download from researchgate.net. Bibtex.

T. Kretz "Multi-Directional Flow as Touch-Stone to Assess Models of Pedestrian Dynamics" in 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board 2013 (on conference CD: 13-1160) (2013). download from arXiv. Bibtex. See associated video at youtube.

2012

U. Merz, T. Kretz, M. Wiersch, C. Schulz, and P. Vortisch "Simulation-aided planning for events" in Journal of Crowd Safety and Security Management 2(2) pp. 86-104 (2012). download full issue from journal webpage. download from researchgate.netBibtex.

T. Kretz and A. Große "From Unbalanced Initial Occupant Distribution to Balanced Exit Usage in a Simulation Model of Pedestrian Dynamics" in Human Behaviour in Fire Symposium 2012 T.J. Shields et al. (eds.) pp. 536-540. (2012) download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, S. Hengst, A. Pérez Arias, S. Friedberger, and U.D. Hanebeck "Using Extended-Range Telepresence to Collect Data on Pedestrian Dynamics" in 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board 2012 (on conference CD: 12-3278) (2012). Bibtex.

A. Johansson and T. Kretz, "Applied Pedestrian Modelling" in Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems pp. 451-462, A.J. Heppenstall, A.T. Crooks, L.M. See, and M. Batty (eds.), Springer-Verlag (2012). ISBN: 978-90-481-8926-7. Bibtex.

2011

T. Kretz "A Level of Service Scheme for Microscopic Simulation of Pedestrians that Integrates Queuing, Uni-and Multi-directional Flow Situations" in European Transport Research Review 3(4) pp. 211-220 (2011). download from Springer. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, S. Hengst, V. Roca, A. Pérez Arias, S. Friedberger, and U.D. Hanebeck "Calibrating Dynamic Pedestrian Route Choice with an Extended Range Telepresence System" in 2011 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops, First IEEE Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Visual Analysis of Large Crowds, November 2011, Barcelona, Spain pp. 166-172, IEEE (2011).  ISBN: 978-1-4673-0061-2. download from UCF. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, A. Große, S. Hengst, L. Kautzsch, A. Pohlmann, and P. Vortisch, "Quickest Paths in Simulations of Pedestrians" in Advances in Complex Systems 14(5) pp. 733-759 (2011). download from arXiv. Bibtex. See associated video at youtube.

T. Kretz, "A Round-Robin Tournament of the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma with Complete Memory-Size-Three Strategies" in Complex Systems 19(4) pp. 363-389 (2011). download from Complex Systems. Bibtex.

A. Pérez Arias, U.D. Hanebeck, P. Ehrhardt, S. Hengst, T. Kretz, and P. Vortisch, "Extended Range Telepresence for Evacuation Training in Pedestrian Simulations" in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, R.D. Peacock, E.D. Kuligowski, and J.D. Averill (eds.), pp. 199-208, Springer US (2011). ISBN: 978-1-4419-9724-1. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, G. Mayer, and A. Mühlberger, "Behaviour and Perception-based Pedestrian Evacuation Simulation" in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, R.D. Peacock, E.D. Kuligowski, and J.D. Averill (eds.), pp. 827-831, Springer US (2011). ISBN: 978-1-4419-9724-1. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

F. Gräßle and T. Kretz, "An Example of Complex Pedestrian Route Choice" in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, R.D. Peacock, E.D. Kuligowski, and J.D. Averill (eds.), pp. 767-771, Springer US (2011). ISBN: 978-1-4419-9724-1. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

2010

H. Klüpfel, A. Seyfried, S. Holl, M. Boltes, M. Chraibi, U. Kemloh, A. Portz, J. Liddle, T. Rupprecht, A. Winkens, W. Klingsch, C. Eilhardt, S. Nowak, A. Schadschneider, T. Kretz, and M. Krabbe, "HERMES - Evacuation Assistant for Arenas" in Future Security 2010,  (conference proceedings CD), Fraunhofer VVS (2010). download from researchgate.net. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, "Sanfte Masse" in Gehirn und Geist, S. 32-37, November 2010. (editorially revised) (in German). Bibtex. Available also as Spanish translation: "Movimiento de Masas" in Mente y Cerebro.

M. Schultz, T. Kretz, and H. Fricke, "Solving the Direction Field for Discrete Agent Motion" in S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, H. Umeo, and G. Vizzari (eds.) Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (ACRI) 2010, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg  (2010) ISBN: 978-3642159787. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, "The Dynamic Distance Potential Field in a Situation with Asymmetric Bottleneck Capacities" in S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, H. Umeo, and G. Vizzari (eds.) Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (ACRI) 2010, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg  (2010) ISBN: 978-3642159787. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, "CA and MAS - with the NaSch as Example" in Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (ACRI) 2010, in S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, H. Umeo, and G. Vizzari (eds.) Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (ACRI) 2010, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg  (2010) ISBN: 978-3642159787. Bibtex.

C. Rogsch, M. Schreckenberg, E. Tribble, W.W.F. Klingsch, and T. Kretz, "Was it Panic? An Overview about Mass-Emergencies and their Origins all over the World for Recent Years" in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008, W.W.F. Klingsch, C. Rogsch, A. Schadschneider, and M. Schreckenberg, eds., pp. 743-755. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2010). ISBN: 978-3-642-04503-5. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, C. Bönisch, and P. Vortisch, "Comparison of Various Methods for the Calculation of the Distance Potential Field" in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008, W.W.F. Klingsch, C. Rogsch, A. Schadschneider, and M. Schreckenberg, eds., pp. 335-346. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2010). ISBN: 978-3-642-04503-5. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

2009

U. Brunner, H. Kirchberger, C. Lebeda, M. Oswald, R. Könnecke, M. Kraft, A. Thoss, L. Mülli, A. Seyfried, G. Spennes, C. Hartnack, S. Wader, M.A. Braun, R. Tilly, T. Kretz, and S. Thumser "Richtlinie für Mikroskopische Entfluchtungsanalysen 2.2.1" RIMEA e.V. (2009) (in German) download from www.rimea.de. Bibtex.

J. Beyer, A. Aslan, T. Kretz, and H. Güler, "Yaya Trafiginin Modellenmesi ve Simulasyonu" in 8. Ulastirma Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabi. TMMOB Insaat Mühendisleri Odasi Istanbul Subesi (2009). ISBN: 978-99448-9773-0. (in Turkish). Bibtex.

T. Kretz, "Applications of the Dynamic Distance Potential Field Method" prepared for Traffic and Granular Flow '09, Springer-Verlag, (accepted for publication). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

C. Bönisch and T. Kretz, "Simulation of Pedestrians Crossing a Street" prepared for Traffic and Granular Flow '09, Springer-Verlag, (accepted for publication). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, "Computation Speed of the F.A.S.T. Model" prepared for Traffic and Granular Flow '09, Springer-Verlag (accepted for publication). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, "The use of dynamic distance potential fields for pedestrian flow around corners" in First International Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management. TU Delft (2009). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

A. Pérez Arias, T. Kretz, P. Ehrhardt, S. Hengst, P. Vortisch, and U.D. Hanebeck, "A Framework for Evaluating the VISSIM Traffic Simulation with Extended Range Telepresence" in Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA 2009), Amsterdam, the Netherlands. University of Twente/CTIT, Twente (2009). download from KIT. Bibtex.

A. Schadschneider, W.W.F. Klingsch, H. Klüpfel, T. Kretz, C. Rogsch, and A. Seyfried, "Evacuation Dynamics: Empirical Results, Modeling and Applications" in Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, R.A. Meyers, ed., vol. 5, p. 3142-3176. Springer New York (2009). ISBN:978-0-387-75888-6. read online at Springer. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

A. Schadschneider, H. Klüpfel, T. Kretz, C. Rogsch, and A. Seyfried, "Fundamentals of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics" in Multi-Agent Systems for Traffic and Transportation Engineering, A. Bazzan and F. Klügl, eds., ch. VI, pp. 124-154. Information Science Reference, Hershey, PA, USA (2009). ISBN:978-1-60566-226-8. dowload from IRMA international. Bibtex.

T. Kretz and M. Schreckenberg, "F.A.S.T. - Floor field- and Agent-based Simulation Tool" in Transport simulation: Beyond traditional approaches, E. Chung and A.-G. Dumont, eds., ch. 8, pp. 125-135. EPFL press, Lausanne, CH (2009). ISBN:978-1420095098. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, "Pedestrian Traffic: on the Quickest Path" in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment P03012 (2009). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

2008

T. Kretz, M. Kaufman, and M. Schreckenberg, "Counterflow Extension for the F.A.S.T.-Model" in H. Umeo, S. Morishita, K. Nishinari, T. Komatsuzaki, and S. Bandini (eds). Cellular Automata - 8th International Conference on Cellular Automata for Research and Industry, ACRI 2008, Proceedings, pp. 555-558. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Yokohama, Japan (2008). ISBN:978-3-540-79991-7. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, "Applicated Jamology" in Math-for-Industry Forum 2008, Proceedings. Faculty of Mathematics, Kyushu University (2008). download from Kyushu University. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, S. Hengst, and P. Vortisch, "Pedestrian Flow at Bottlenecks - Validation and Calibration of VISSIM's Social Force Model of Pedestrian Traffic and its Empirical Foundations" in International Symposium of Transport Simulation 2008 (ISTS08), M. Sarvi, ed., Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (2008). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, A. Grünebohm, A. Kessel, H. Klüpfel, T. Meyer-König, and M. Schreckenberg, "Upstairs Walking Speed Distributions on a Long Stairway" in Safety Science 46 (2008). download preprint from researchgate.net. Bibtex.

2007

T. Kretz, "Pedestrian Traffic - Simulation and Experiments". PhD thesis, Universität Duisburg-Essen (2007). download from German National Library. Bibtex.

T. Kretz and M. Schreckenberg, "Moore and more and symmetry" in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2005, N. Waldau, P. Gattermann, H. Knoflacher, and M. Schreckenberg, eds., pp. 297-308. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Vienna (2007). ISBN: 978-3-540-47062-5. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

2006

T. Kretz, A. Grünebohm, and M. Schreckenberg, "Experimental study of pedestrian flow through a bottleneck" in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment P10014 (2006). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, A. Grünebohm, M. Kaufman, F. Mazur, and M. Schreckenberg, "Experimental study of pedestrian counterflow in a corridor" in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment P10001 (2006). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz and M. Schreckenberg, "The F.A.S.T.-Model" in Cellular Automata - 7th International Conference on Cellular Automata for Research and Industry, ACRI 2006, Proceedings, S. El Yacoubi, B. Chopard, and S. Bandini, eds., pp. 712-715. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. Perpignan, France (2006). ISBN: 978-3-540-40929-8. download from arXiv. Bibtex.

T. Kretz, M. Wölki, and M. Schreckenberg, "Characterizing correlations of flow oscillations at bottlenecks" in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment P02005 (2006). download from arXiv. Bibtex.

2003

T. Kretz "Schwache Zerfälle Schwerer Mesonen". Master's Thesis, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (2003). (in German). download.