Estimating the impact of residents with disabilities on the evacuation in a high-rise building: A simulation study

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-83

  Koo, Jeongin ^a   Kim, Yong Seog ^b   Kim, Byung In ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Capacity drop; Controlled evacuation; Emergency evacuation DSS; High rise building evacuation

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED SIMULATION MODELS; BLOCKING PHENOMENON; CONTROLLED EVACUATION; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; EVACUATION STRATEGY; HETEROGENEOUS POPULATIONS; HIGH-RISE BUILDING EVACUATIONS;

TALL BUILDINGS;

EID: 84862809533     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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