Safety of users in road evacuation: Modelling and DSS for pedestrian outflow

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 120, Issue , 2009, Pages 497-508

  Di Gangi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDESTRIAN; SAFETY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 71749097992     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SDP090461     Document Type: Article

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