Towards a holistic framework for the evaluation of emergency plans in indoor environments

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4513-4535

  Serrano, Emilio ^a   Poveda, Geovanny ^a   Garijo, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based social simulation; Ambient intelligence; Ambient intelligence simulation; Emergency plans; Game engines; Sensors simulation

Indexed keywords

SENSORS;

AGENT-BASED SOCIAL SIMULATIONS; AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; EMERGENCY PLANS; FREE SOFTWARE TOOLS; GAME ENGINE; HOLISTIC FRAMEWORKS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84896471110     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140304513     Document Type: Article

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