Phased evacuation: An optimisation model which takes into account the capacity drop phenomenon in pedestrian flows

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 532-544

  Cepolina, Elvezia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building evacuation; Capacity drop; Evacuation route schedule planning; Movement model; Phased evacuation

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BUILDING EVACUATION; CAPACITY DROP; EVACUATION ROUTE-SCHEDULE PLANNING; EVACUATION ROUTES; EVACUATION TIME; FLOWTHROUGH; MOVEMENT MODEL; PEDESTRIAN FLOW; PHASED EVACUATION; TIME SCHEDULES;

DROPS;

EID: 63449128110     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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