Computer modelling of human behaviour in aircraft fire accidents

Toxicology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 63-78

  Galea, Edwin R ^a   Owen, Mathew ^a   Lawrence, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Expert system; Fractional effective dose; Model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIRE; HEAT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FIRES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030608424     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(96)03495-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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