A novel simulation framework based on information asymmetry to evaluate evacuation plan

Che, Xiaodong; Niu, Yu; Shui, Bin; Fu, Jianbo; Fei, Guangzheng; Goswami, Prashant; Zhang, Yanci

doi:10.1007/s00371-015-1119-6

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“…Pedestrians evacuation simulations have been the focus of many researches. The different papers have differed with respect to the purpose: creating evacuation plans [9], [23], [54], evaluating and optimizing evacuation plans [2], [11], [24], [30]- [32], [45], [50], [52], [55]- [65], evaluating buildings structure [1], [10], [25], [33], [33], [46], [47], [51], [59], [60], [66]- [70], allocating authority figures [4], [18], planning paths for rescuers [71], determining the factors that impact fire evacuations and model them [26], [48], and studying human behaviour during emergency [3], [27]- [29], [31], [34]- [39], [49], [51], [51], [58], [72]- [88]. Fig.…”

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Research Issues in Agent-Based Simulation for Pedestrians Evacuation

2020

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Crowd evacuation in emergencies may lead to fatalities if the evacuation plans were not tested and evaluated. Traditionally, evacuation drills have been, and still are, being used to assess evacuation plans. However, in recent years the simulation of evacuation plans during emergencies has emerged as a strong alternative that is cost effective and potentially more accurate. Agent-Based Simulation (ABS) is the preferred type of simulation for evacuation scenarios, due to its ability to model individual decisionmaking and social behaviour. In this paper we conduct meta-analysis of eighty-one peer-reviewed papers published between 2009 and 2019 that used ABS to model pedestrian evacuation. Our analysis assesses the current state-of-art and identifies opportunities for improvement. We identify seven dimensions over which the surveyed papers agree or differ. The dimensions include purpose of the simulation, type of emergency and environment considerations, type and scale of evacuated space, simulation software used, agents' characteristics and behaviour, support of evacuation policies, and analysis and validation. We conduct meta-analysis of the surveyed papers along the identified dimensions. One of the main findings of our analysis is the lack of a standardized validation methodology for ABS of emergency evacuation.

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Research Issues in Agent-Based Simulation for Pedestrians Evacuation

2020

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“…A pedestrian's moving motivation is its preferred velocity, which control its current moving direction and speed [4]. As shown in (3).…”

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“…The Direction of Preferred Velocity: The moving direction e p i is influenced by different degree of extrinsic and intrinsic factors [4]. Illustrated in (6).…”

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Evacuation Simulation Incorporating Safety Signs and Information Sharing

Niu¹,

Yang²,

Fu³

et al. 2015

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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In this paper, we combine local and global technology to simulate the behaviors of crowd. In the local, an improved weighting method to calculate preferred velocity is proposed, which reflects the current motion trend of a pedestrian. In the global, a decision tree is implemented to model the dynamic decision-making process, which plays an important role in choosing between several paths to destination. At the same time, we consider the influence of safety signs and information sharing on the behavior of pedestrians and give good security analysis to evacuation planning.

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“…The purpose of the work was to improve the speed of occupants' evacuation [7]. Recently, other evacuation studies were addressed [8][9][10][11][12].…”

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Fire Dynamics Simulation and Evacuation for a Large Shopping Center (Mall), Part II, Evacuation Scenarios

Albis¹

2015

AJEE

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Evacuation plans in large malls are very essential in cases of emergency especially fire. Many fatalities may occur among panicked people running and pushing to get out of these burning places. The present study considers evacuation cases corresponding to the fire cases that were considered in part I. It is established that evacuation planning is vital to help people get out of the mall without being exposed to suffocation due to smoke inhaling or having accidents due to panic rush in corridors and over the stairs/escalators.

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A novel simulation framework based on information asymmetry to evaluate evacuation plan

Cited by 17 publications

References 26 publications

Research Issues in Agent-Based Simulation for Pedestrians Evacuation

Research Issues in Agent-Based Simulation for Pedestrians Evacuation

Evacuation Simulation Incorporating Safety Signs and Information Sharing

Fire Dynamics Simulation and Evacuation for a Large Shopping Center (Mall), Part II, Evacuation Scenarios

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