Bounding defaults in egress models

Fire and Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 335-352

  Gwynne, Steven M V ^a   Kuligowski, Erica ^b   Spearpoint, Michael ^c   Ronchi, Enrico ^d  

^a JENSEN HUGHES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

egress modelling; emergency evacuation; human behaviour in fire; model defaults

Indexed keywords

DEFAULT SETTING; EGRESS MODELLING; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; EVACUATION TIME; HUMAN BEHAVIOUR IN FIRES; OPTIMISTIC VALUE; PRE EVACUATIONS; ROUTE AVAILABILITIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84928208815     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.2212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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