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Evacuation of Rectilinear Polygons [PDF]

, 2010
We investigate the problem of creating fast evacuation plans for buildings that are modeled as grid polygons, possibly containing exponentially many cells. We study this problem in two contexts: the ``confluent'' context in which the routes to exits remain fixed over time, and the ``non-confluent'' context in which routes may change.
Sándor P. Fekete, Chris Gray, Alexander Kroeller   +2 more
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Simulating the Effects of Gate Machines on Crowd Traffic Based on the Modified Social Force Model

Mathematics, 2023
Gate machines, such as ticket gates in stations and secure gates in office buildings, are very common in people’s daily lives. On the one hand, the passage between the gates is not wide enough for pedestrians to pass through, which may affect the traffic
Xue Lin, Long Cheng, Shuo Zhang, Qianling Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling an ontology on accessible evacuation routes for emergencies [PDF]

, 2014
Providing alert communication in emergency situations is vital to reduce the number of victims. However, this is a challenging goal for researchers and professionals due to the diverse pool of prospective users, e.g.
Diaz, P., Malizia, Alessio, Aedo, I, Malizia, A, Malizia, A., Díaz, Paloma, Onorati, T., Diaz, P, Onorati, T, Onorati, Teresa, Aedo Cuevas, Ignacio, Aedo, I., Diaz P., Aedo I., Onorati T., Malizia A   +15 more
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Trapped on the seashore, seaborne evacuation, impact of exposure to PM2.5: demonstration of the urbanEXODUS evacuation model [PDF]

, 2023
The 2021 wildfire season affected large communities in over ten countries around the Mediterranean basin consuming an area almost double the area burnt by wildfires over the past twelve years.
Lawrence, Peter, Blackshields, Darren, Filippidis, Lazaros, Ewer, John, Caro Carretero, Raquel, Pérez Segura, Victor, Rúa Vieites, Antonio   +6 more
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The Implementation of a Smart Lifejacket for Assisting Passengers in the Evacuation of Large Passenger Ships

Applied Sciences, 2023
The evacuation and abandonment of large passenger ships, involving thousands of passengers, is a safety-critical task where techniques and systems that can improve the complex decision-making process and the timely response to emergencies on board are of
Angelos Stamou, Paul Kuqo, Athanasios Douklias, Markos Antonopoulos, Margarita Kostovasili, Lazaros Karagiannidis, Angelos Amditis   +6 more
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Pet Loss in an Urban Firestorm: Grief and Hope after Colorado’s Marshall Fire

Animals, 2023
Although much of the literature on pets in disasters associates the failure to evacuate pets with a weak or absent human–animal bond, rapid-onset disasters challenge the foundations of that claim.
Leslie Irvine, Casara Andre
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Pets on Human Behavior and Stress in Disaster

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
Animal-related consequences were not anticipated in disaster preparedness planning in Japan at the time of its massive earthquakes in 2011. Evacuation failure was quite common due to pet ownership in this disaster.
Aki Tanaka, Aki Tanaka, Jun Saeki, Shin-ichi Hayama, Philip H. Kass   +4 more
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Numerical Study on Evacuation Evaluation and Strategy of Theater with Rotating Auditorium

Buildings, 2022
In recent years, more and more theaters with rotating mechanisms have been built and used, such as theaters with rotating auditoriums. The rotation mechanism in this type of building may lead to the uncertainty of evacuation distances and routes, which ...
Kang Xiong, Miaocheng Weng, Fang Liu, Yuhan Lu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Travel Behaviour and Community Needs for Resilience Hubs

Sustainability Analytics and Modeling
Communities continue to experience significant and damaging disasters, which has prompted governments to devise solutions to protect lives and reduce overall impacts.
Thayanne G.M. Ciriaco, Stephen D. Wong
doaj   +1 more source

The Measurement of Personal Self-Efficacy in Preparing for a Hurricane and Its Role in Modeling the Likelihood of Evacuation

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2015
Storm surges require that coastal residents make necessary preparations and evacuate the coast prior to hurricane landfall. An important individual characteristic in preparing for tropical cyclones is hurricane personal self-efficacy.
Alan E. Stewart
doaj   +1 more source