A performance-based egress analysis of a hotel building using two models

Journal of Fire Protection Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-305

  Kuligowski, Erica D ^a   Milke, James A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Egress; Evacuation; EXIT89; Hotels; Model; Simulex

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOTELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EGRESS MODELS; EVACUATION MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT ALGORITHMS; SIMULEX MODEL;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 33646169412     PISSN: 10423915     EISSN: 1532172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042391505054039     Document Type: Article

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