Using the matrix values in the pedestrian OD matrix

In a pedestrian OD matrix, the hourly pedestrian demand for each OD relation is displayed in the cells where the Origin column and Destination row overlap.

Each cell value represents the pedestrian volume expected for an origin area to a destination area in the respective time interval.

Demand data in pedestrian OD matrices in [pedestrians/h]

When pedestrian inputs and static pedestrian routes are defined for a network, matrix data is created:

• Total input volume of origin area during input time interval
• Relative volume of static routes to destination area during routing time interval

If no pedestrian inputs or static pedestrian routes have been defined, the program bases the input volume of the origin area for a time interval on user-defined cell data and then generates relative volumes for static routes to the destination for a time interval.

• If you position two routing decisions for different pedestrian classes on a origin area, the origin area is deleted from the origin-destination matrix. If you open the Pedestrian OD matrix window, a message is displayed.
• The total input volume is the total of all input volumes of an origin area for a time interval. The pedestrian inputs of an area may consist of different pedestrian compositions (Modeling pedestrian inputs). The program does not distinguish between different pedestrian types or pedestrian compositions for the total of pedestrian inputs.
• The routing decision of the origin area applies to selected pedestrian classes and/or all pedestrian types (Properties of static pedestrian routes and pedestrian routing decisions). For each OD relation there may be several routes from the routing decision to a destination area. The relative volumes of such parallel routes are added in the pedestrian OD matrix.

The matrix value of a cell includes:

Note: You can perform a simulation if one of the following conditions is met: The matrix cell value is = 0 as the input value for the origin area in a time interval is 0. The matrix cell is empty as there is no pedestrian input or pedestrian routing decision in the origin area, but the option  Always use as origin area has been selected for the area (Defining construction elements as rectangles).