Research

Research Projects

PhD. Research project:

“Development of Modified Social Force Model by Considering Pedestrian Characteristics and Behavior”

Defended: 19.05.2020, Awarded: 23.08.2020.

Supervisor: Prof. P.Vedagiri, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay.

M. Tech Research Project:

“Modelling heterogenous traffic in VISSIM” [2012]

Supervisor: Prof. Gitakrishnan Ramadurai, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.

B.E. Research Project:

“Utilization of Textile sludge in Paver blocks” with 3 others [2010]

Supervisor: Prof. K. Chinnaraju, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy

Journal Publications

Siddharth, S.M.P. and Vedagiri, P., (2018). “Modeling the gender effects of pedestrians and calibration of the modified social force model.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2672(31), pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118758673

Siddharth, S.M.P. and Vedagiri, P., (2023). "Development of the Social Force Model Considering Pedestrian Characteristics and Behavior", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231189744

Conferences

Siddharth S.M.P., Gitakrishnan Ramadurai, “Calibration of VISSIM for Indian heterogeneous traffic conditions” 2nd CTRG 2013, Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 104, 380-389, 2013, Agra,India. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.11.131

Siddharth S.M.P., Vedagiri Perumal, “Modelling pedestrian crossing behavior through Social force model” International Conference on Advances in Highway Engineering & Transportation Systems (ICAHETS- 21-22, July 2017), Negombo, Srilanka

Siddharth S.M.P., Vedagiri Perumal, “Modelling the age, gender and social grouping behavior of pedestrians and calibration of the modified Social Force Model” 13-17 January, 2019, 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research board, Washington DC.

Siddharth S.M.P., Vedagiri Perumal, “Modified social force model for pedestrian walking behaviorat sidewalks.” 8th Meeting of the Euro Working Group on Transportation. Delft, Nederland, July 2015.

Research Interests

Heterogenous traffic modelling and simulation
Pedestrian simulation
Traffic Engineering and safety
Intelligent Transportation Systems

Master's work cited in Newspaper article

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/iit-ms-strategies-to-improve-traffic-efficiency/article25586331.ece

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IIT-M’s strategies to improve traffic efficiency - The Hindu.pdf