The effect of pre-evacuation distributions on evacuation times in the Simulex model

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-53

  Spearpoint, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Distributions; Evacuation; Pre evacuation; Queues; Simulation; Simulex

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFECTS; FIRE HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EVACUATION TIME; FIRE SAFETY DESIGNS; QUEUES; TRAVEL TIME;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 1342303473     PISSN: 10423915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042391504034742     Document Type: Article

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