Exit choice, (pre-)movement time and (pre-)evacuation behaviour in hotel fire evacuation - Behavioural analysis and validation of the use of serious gaming in experimental research

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 37-51

  Kobes, Margrethe ^a,b   Helsloot, Ira ^b   De Vries, Bauke ^c   Post, Jos ^a  

^a Research Department   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Experimental research; Human behaviour in fire; Validation of serious game; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONTROL; FIRES; HOTELS; SERIOUS GAMES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EVACUATION; EVACUATION DRILL; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FIRE EVACUATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN FIRES; PRE EVACUATIONS; PRE-MOVEMENT TIME; WAY-FINDING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 78650528530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.07.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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