Calculating evacuation times from lecture theatre type rooms using a network model

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 599-612

  Spearpoint, Michael ^a   Xiang, Xiaoxing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b WSP Lincolne Scott   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditoria; Evacuation; Modelling; Networks

Indexed keywords

AUDITORIA; EVACUATION; EVACUATION MODELS; MODELLING; MONTE CARLO; MOVEMENT SPEED; NETWORK MODELS; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS;

AUDITORIUMS; FORECASTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SAFETY ENGINEERING; THEATERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84856670328     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.10-599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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