A Stochastic approach to occupant pre-movement in fires

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 531-542

  Vistnes, Jamie ^a   Grubits, Stephen J ^a   He, Yaping ^b  

^a Stephen Grubits and Associates   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human behaviour; Pre movement; Risk assessment; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FIRES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; HUMAN BEHAVIOURS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; PRE MOVEMENTS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; USING PROBABILITIES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 80455129792     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.8-531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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