A multi-agent based framework for the simulation of human and social behaviors during emergency evacuations

AI and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-132

  Pan, Xiaoshan ^a   Han, Charles S ^b   Dauber, Ken ^c   Law, Kincho H ^b  

^a CDM Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL DATA; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; EGRESS DESIGN; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; EMERGENT BEHAVIORS; HERDING BEHAVIORS; HUMAN AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 35248874731     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-007-0126-1     Document Type: Article

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