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Fire evacuation model with confidence intervals

2011 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2011
In building fire evacuation, good guidance can speed up egress process and occupants may be injured due to lack of information and guidance. There are many studies on building egress systems, which use relevant information (e.g., fire condition and its evolution) to calculate and provide guidance to occupants.
Yuan Gao, Peter B. Luh, Qianchuan Zhao, Hui Zhang 0016, Nan Wu 0006, Lifeng Qiao   +5 more
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An evacuation model considering human behavior

2017 IEEE 14th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC), 2017
This paper conducts a series of evacuation trials to observe human behavior under different ship rolling angles modeled as a function of wind-wave dynamics. A velocity reduction model is then developed with the consideration of human characteristics, ship rolling angles and wind-wave dynamics.
Dezhen Zhang, Ning Shao, Ying Tang
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A Computational Model of Hurricane Evacuation Decision

International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2020
Hurricanes are devastating natural disasters. In deciding how to respond to a hurricane, in particular whether and when to evacuate, a decision-maker must weigh often highly uncertain and contradictory information about the future path and intensity of the storm. To effectively plan to help people during a hurricane, it is crucial to be able to predict
Nutchanon Yongsatianchot, Stacy Marsella
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Evacuation Model in Large Complex Buildings

2020
Adaptive evacuation model and optimization model based on social forces provide a better evacuation plan for large crowded buildings to achieve evacuation in the shortest time possible. In particular, the model can adjust the evacuation plan according to the real-time evacuation information.
Bocheng Liu, Xinyi Guan
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Modeling demand management strategies for evacuations

Annals of Operations Research, 2014
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Hediye Tuydes-Yaman, Athanasios K. Ziliaskopoulos   +1 more
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Evacuation Processes Versus Evacuation Models: “Quo Vadimus”?

Fire Technology, 2008
This paper promotes a discussion about evacuation models and their relation with evacuation processes. For this reason, the question “quo vadimus” (i.e., from Latin: where are we going to?) intends to initiate this discussion. Therefore, a brief overview of the importance of the evacuation modelling analysis within the Fire Safety Engineering (FSE ...
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The Effect of Pre-evacuation on Evacuation Times in the Simulex Model

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 2004
The evacuation time of a building in an emergency can be broken down into a number of constituent times including the pre-evacuation time and the travel time. This paper examines how distributions of pre-evacuation times affect the occupant travel time and hence their effect on the evacuation time in the Simulex model.
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An inexact optimization model for evacuation planning

Kybernetes, 2009
Summary: The purpose of this paper is to develop an interval method for vehicle allocation and route planning in case of an evacuation. First, the evacuation route planning system is described and the notations are defined. An inexact programming model is proposed.
Chaozhong Wu, Gordon H. Huang, Xinping Yan, Yanpeng Cai, Yongping Li, Nengchao Lv   +5 more
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Agent-Based Approach in Evacuation Modeling

2010
The article presents an agent-based approach to modeling of pedestrian evacuation. It includes some theoretical aspect of using the agents techniques as well as case study of evacuation tests realized by the authors. Results from real data gained from experiments are compared with data from designed simulations.
Jaroslaw Was, Konrad Kulakowski
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Evacuation dynamics: a modeling and visualization framework

OR Spectrum, 2019
Evacuation mock drills are critical to emergency preparedness and to stress test the infrastructure capacity. Even though drills are expensive in terms of the involved resources, recognizing critical points of the infrastructure can guide decisions to improve the dynamics during a real evacuation, resulting in saving lives.
Jorge A. Huertas, Daniel Duque, Ethel Segura-Durán, Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei, Andrés L. Medaglia   +4 more
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