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Adaptive decision-making in buildingEXODUS in response to exit congestion

Adaptive decision-making in buildingEXODUS in response to exit congestion

Gwynne, S., Galea, E.R. ORCID: 0000-0002-0001-6665, Lawrence, P.J. ORCID: 0000-0002-0269-0231, Owen, M. and Filippidis, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-1852-0042 (1999) Adaptive decision-making in buildingEXODUS in response to exit congestion. In: Fire Safety Science: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium. IAFSS Symposiums (6). International Association for Fire Safety Science, Greenwich, London, UK, pp. 1041-1052. ISBN 0925223255 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.6-1041)

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Abstract

Given the importance of occupant behavior on evacuation efficiency, a new behavioral feature has been implemented into building EXODUS. This feature concerns the response of occupants to exit selection and re-direction, given that the occupant is queuing at an external exit. This behavior is not simply pre-determined by the user as part of the initialization process, but involves the occupant taking decisions based on their previous experiences with the enclosure and the information available to them. This information concerns the occupant's prior knowledge of the enclosure and line-of-sight information concerning queues at neighboring exits. This new feature is demonstrated and reviewed through several examples.

Item Type: Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings: Fire Safety Science: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium
Additional Information: [1] This paper was first presented at The Sixth lnternational Symposium (Symposium 6) on Fire Safety Science held from 5-9 July 1999 at the University of Poitiers, France. The Symposium was organized by the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). [2] This paper was given within the Behavior Section of the Symposium.
Uncontrolled Keywords: evacuation, fire safety, queuing, adaptive behavior, familiarity, line-of-sight, buildingExodus
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
T Technology > TH Building construction
Pre-2014 Departments: School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis > Fire Safety Engineering Group
School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences > Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Last Modified: 18 Feb 2020 16:20
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/387

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