Faster-is-slower effect in escaping ants revisited: Ants do not behave like humans

Safety Science

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 274-282

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

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ant egress; Crowd egress; Egress; Emergency; Evacuation; Faster is slower; Pedestrian dynamics; Pedestrian evacuation

Indexed keywords

ANT EGRESS; CROWD EGRESS; EGRESS; EMERGENCY; EVACUATION; FASTER IS SLOWER; PEDESTRIAN DYNAMICS; PEDESTRIAN EVACUATIONS;

CITRONELLA; INSECT REPELLENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVACUATION TIME; HUMAN VERSUS NONHUMAN DATA; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84908248483     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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