A Study on the effect of corridor width in karaoke establishments

HKIE Transactions Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-33

  Lo, S M ^a   Yuen, K K ^a   Fang, Z ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Karaoke; Modified network model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003020752     PISSN: 1023697X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023697X.2000.10667812     Document Type: Article

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