Determination of the optimal escape routes of underground mine networks in emergency cases

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1077-1082

  Jalali, S E ^a   Noroozi, M ^a  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Escape routes; Floyd Warshall algorithm; Safety; Underground mining

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC BOARDS; ESCAPE ROUTE; ESCAPE ROUTES; ESCAPE TIME; FLOYD-WARSHALL ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL PROOF; SAFETY; SHORTEST ROUTE; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE; UNDERGROUND MINE; UNDERGROUND MINING;

ACCIDENTS; COAL MINES; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MINERS; MINES; MINING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ROUTING ALGORITHMS;

ACCIDENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67349125891     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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