Design of formative evacuation plans using agent-based simulation

Safety Science

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 920-940

  Zarboutis, Nikos ^a   Marmaras, Nicolas ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Cognitive systems engineering; Complexity theory; Crowd safety; Emergency management; Formative design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; SAFETY FACTOR; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AGENT-BASED MODELING; COMPLEXITY THEORY; CROWD SAFETY; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; FORMATIVE DESIGN;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; EVACUATION PLAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SAFETY; SIMULATION;

EID: 34548859823     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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