Experimental evidence of the " Faster is Slower" effect in the evacuation of ants

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1584-1588

  Soria, S A ^a   Josens, R ^a,c   Parisi, D R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological agents; Competitive evacuation dynamics; Emergency egress; Pedestrian dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY EGRESS; EVACUATION DYNAMICS; EVACUATION TIME; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; PEDESTRIAN DYNAMICS; REAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DYNAMICS;

CITRONELLAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EVACUATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860875018     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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