Trial evacuation of an industrial premises and evacuation model comparison

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-105

  Ko, S ^a   Spearpoint, M ^b   Teo, A ^a  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Modelling; Monte Carlo; Trial

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EVACUATION; FLOW RATES; TRIALS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 33846924124     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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