A computer simulation model of emergency egress for space planners

Facilities

Volumn 20, Issue , 2002, Pages 262-270

  Lo, S M ^a   Fang, Z ^b   Zhi, G S ^c   Yuen, K K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accidents; Computer simulation; Fire safety; Space planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031641     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770210435170     Document Type: Article

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