GisFFE-an integrated software system for the dynamic simulation of fires following an earthquake based on GIS

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-97

  Zhao, Sijian ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Discrete event system; Fire suppression; Fire spread; Fires following earthquake; GIS; Ignition

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; FIRES; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE;

CALLED GISFFE; DISCRETE EVENTS SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; FIRE FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE; FIRE SPREAD; FIRE SUPPRESSION; GEODATABASE; INTEGRATED SOFTWARE SYSTEM; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; MODEL LIBRARY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 76549106778     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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