Crowd simulation for emergency response using BDI agents based on immersive virtual reality

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1415-1429

  Shendarkar, Ameya ^b   Vasudevan, Karthik ^a   Lee, Seungho ^a   Son, Young Jun ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; CAVE; Crowd simulation; Emergency response management; Shortest path algorithm

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BENCHMARKING; CAVES; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; CAVE; CROWD SIMULATION; EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT; SHORTEST PATH ALGORITHM;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 53349146619     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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