Comparative verification exercises on a probabilistic network model for building evacuation

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-430

  Spearpoint, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Modeling; Network; Verification.

Indexed keywords

BUILDING EVACUATION; COMPONENT CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTER MODELS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; EVACUATION; EVACUATION MODELS; FUNCTIONAL TESTING; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING; MOVEMENT PREDICTION; NETWORK; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PROBABILISTIC NETWORK; WORKED EXAMPLES;

EID: 69649103369     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: 15308049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904109105373     Document Type: Article

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