Multi-agent modeling and simulation of human behavior in aircraft evacuations

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1477-1488

  Sharma, Sharad ^a   Singh, Harpreet ^b   Prakash, Atul ^c  

^a BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation model; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Fuzzy logic; Mathematical model; Multiagent systems

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION MODEL; AIRCRAFT EVACUATIONS; AIRCRAFTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BEHAVIORAL FACTORS; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIORS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMAN FACTORS; MULTI-AGENT MODELING; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 62349110590     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2008.4667723     Document Type: Article

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