Analysis and modeling of simultaneous and staged emergency evacuations

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 190-197

  Chien, Steven I ^a   Korikanthimath, Vivek V ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster relief; Emergency services; Evacuation; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DISASTER RELIEF; EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS;

DISASTERS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

EID: 33847212092     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2007)133:3(190)     Document Type: Article

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