Modeling framework for optimal evacuation of large-scale crowded pedestrian facilities

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1105-1118

  Abdelghany, Ahmed ^a   Abdelghany, Khaled ^b   Mahmassani, Hani ^c   Alhalabi, Wael ^d  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Methodist University   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Crowd dynamics; Evacuation; Genetic algorithms; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHIBITION BUILDINGS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

CROWD DYNAMICS; EVACUATION; EVACUATION STRATEGY; MICROSCOPIC PEDESTRIANS; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION-OPTIMIZATION MODELS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84899970567     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.02.054     Document Type: Article

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