Impact of evacuation design parameter on users' evacuation time using a multi-agent simulation

Syed Abdul Rahman, SAF; Abdul Maulud, KN; Pradhan, B; Syed Mustorpha, SNA; Che Ani, AI

Impact of evacuation design parameter on users' evacuation time using a multi-agent simulation

Syed Abdul Rahman, SAF Abdul Maulud, KN Pradhan, B

Syed Mustorpha, SNA Che Ani, AI

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021
Issue Date:: 2021

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dc.contributor.author	Syed Abdul Rahman, SAF
dc.contributor.author	Abdul Maulud, KN
dc.contributor.author	Pradhan, B https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9863-2054
dc.contributor.author	Syed Mustorpha, SNA
dc.contributor.author	Che Ani, AI
dc.date.accessioned	2021-05-05T01:09:25Z
dc.date.available	2021-05-05T01:09:25Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021
dc.identifier.issn	2090-4479
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/148667
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 THE AUTHORS Emergency management is a fundamental issue in building management. Therefore, this study was established to simulate the required times and movement conditions for user evacuation from Campus Infrastructure Building in a 3D environment. Eight simulations are carried out by a multi-agent evacuation simulator, Pathfinder, considering 100% and 70% users capacity with a combination of random, divide, zone 1 and zone 2 access selection. The users evacuated were handled by the A* algorithm in the steering mode of 3D evacuation simulation. The evacuation flow was investigated with the user density heat map and Fruin's Level of Service (LOS). This study found the best path planning obtained from the divide access factor and the impact of the user's capacity is relying on total evacuation time. The critical space is caused by the access width fewer than 1.5 m for every floor, and by widening some spaces helped to improve the evacuation flow.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	Ain Shams Engineering Journal
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.asej.2020.12.001
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dc.title	Impact of evacuation design parameter on users' evacuation time using a multi-agent simulation
dc.type	Journal Article
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CAMGIS - Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial lnformation Systems
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© 2020 THE AUTHORS Emergency management is a fundamental issue in building management. Therefore, this study was established to simulate the required times and movement conditions for user evacuation from Campus Infrastructure Building in a 3D environment. Eight simulations are carried out by a multi-agent evacuation simulator, Pathfinder, considering 100% and 70% users capacity with a combination of random, divide, zone 1 and zone 2 access selection. The users evacuated were handled by the A* algorithm in the steering mode of 3D evacuation simulation. The evacuation flow was investigated with the user density heat map and Fruin's Level of Service (LOS). This study found the best path planning obtained from the divide access factor and the impact of the user's capacity is relying on total evacuation time. The critical space is caused by the access width fewer than 1.5 m for every floor, and by widening some spaces helped to improve the evacuation flow.

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