Yang LZ, Li J, Zhao DL, Fang WF, Fan WC (2004) A microcosmic discrete occupant evacuation model based on individual characteristics. Science in China Series E-Engineering & Materials Science 47(5), 608-615. [In English]

Web link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1360/03ye0292

Keywords:

evacuation; cellular automata; microcosmic discrete model; occupant; behavior; fire; cellular-automaton model; pedestrian dynamics; traffic simulations; flow;

Abstract: The research of occupant evacuation in an emergency is of great benefit to building design and evacuation guidance. In this paper a microcosmic discrete evacuation model based on Cellular Automata (CA) is presented, in which the occupants' individual characteristics are considered. Thus, our model has given a description of evacuation route choice with influencing factors, including: individual knowledge of the building, individual realization of the emergency development, and the attractive and repulsive force between occupants. This model differs somewhat from other models in the attention to the associative and separate effect of influencing factors, based on occupant's behaviors. In addition, the model could reveal the phenomenon of escape in fire, as those simulations involving a fire condition have shown.