Pedestrian behavior and exit selection in evacuation of a corridor - An experimental study

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-227

  Heliövaara, Simo ^a   Kuusinen, Juha Matti ^a   Rinne, Tuomo ^b   Korhonen, Timo ^b   Ehtamo, Harri ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Egress experiment; Exit selection; Pedestrian behavior

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; EGRESS TIME; EXIT SELECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MACROSCOPIC LEVELS; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAFETY TESTING;

EXPERIMENTS;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CROWDING; DECISION MAKING; EGOISTIC BEHAVIOR; EGRESS TIME; EVACUATION; EXIT SELECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEUE CLEARANCE TIME; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTING POSITION;

EID: 82455212292     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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