A simulation model for emergency evacuation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-419

  Pidd, M ^a   De Silva, F N ^b   Eglese, R W ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support; Emergency planning; Geographical information systems; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTINGENCY PLANS; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; OBJECT ORIENTED MICROSIMULATOR; SIMULATION MODEL;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0030149439     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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