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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2015.35.5.1157

Agent-Based Evacuation Simulations of Road Tunnels in the Event of a Fire  

Kim, Byungil (Andong National University)
Kim, Changyoon (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Kim, Du Yon (Kyungil University)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.35, no.5, 2015 , pp. 1157-1163 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to reveal the effects of the number of users and their spatial distribution on the evacuation time in a road tunnel in the event of a fire. An agent-based evacuation model was implemented using Netlogo following the ODD protocol. The proposed model illustrates how the evacuation behavior of one can hinder others across different evacuation environments. Simulations show that evacuation time increases with the number of users when they are randomly located in a road tunnel.
Keywords
Tunnel; Evacuation; Agent-based model; Simulation;
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