Simulating Evacuations with Obstacles Using a Modified Dynamic Cellular Automata Model

Joint Authors

Eng Aik, Lim
Wee Choon, Tan

Source

Journal of Applied Mathematics

Issue

Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-17, 17 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2012-06-06

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

17

Main Subjects

Mathematics

Abstract EN

A modified dynamic cellular automata model is proposed to simulate the evacuation of occupants from a room with obstacles.

The model takes into account some factors that play an important role in an evacuation process, such as human emotions and crowd density around the exits.

It also incorporates people’s ability to select a less congested exit route, a factor that is rarely investigated.

The simulation and experimental results show that modifications to the exits provide reasonable improvement to evacuation time, after taking into account the fact that people will tend to select exit routes based on the distance to the exits and the crowd density around the exits.

In addition, the model is applied to simulations of classroom and restaurant evacuation.

Results obtained with the proposed model are compared with those of several existing models.

The outcome of the comparison demonstrates that it performs better than existing models.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Eng Aik, Lim& Wee Choon, Tan. 2012. Simulating Evacuations with Obstacles Using a Modified Dynamic Cellular Automata Model. Journal of Applied Mathematics،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-17.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Eng Aik, Lim& Wee Choon, Tan. Simulating Evacuations with Obstacles Using a Modified Dynamic Cellular Automata Model. Journal of Applied Mathematics No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-993667

American Medical Association (AMA)

Eng Aik, Lim& Wee Choon, Tan. Simulating Evacuations with Obstacles Using a Modified Dynamic Cellular Automata Model. Journal of Applied Mathematics. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-993667

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-993667