A proposal for the goals and new techniques of modelling pedestrian evacuation in fires

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 557-567

  Korhonen, Timo ^a   Hostikka, Simo ^a   Keski Rahkonen, Olavi ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crowd movement; Escape modelling; Fire modelling; Monte carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CODES (SYMBOLS); FIRE PROTECTION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

BUILDING DESIGN; CROWD MOVEMENTS; EVACUATION SIMULATION; FIRE MODELLING; FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING; FIRE SIMULATION; PEDESTRIAN EVACUATIONS; STATE OF THE ART;

FIRES;

EID: 71349085994     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.8-557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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