- Author
- Levin, B. M.
- Title
- EXITT: A Simulation Model of Occupant Decisions and Actions in Residential Fires.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 88-3753,
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 9th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Panel. May 4-8, 1987, Norwood, MA, 1-11 pp, 1987 AND International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. 2nd International Symposium. June 13-17, 1988, TH9112.F5626 1989, Tokyo, Japan, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, Wakamatsu, T., Hasemi, Y., Sekizawa, A., Seeger, P. G., Pagni, P. J. and Grant, C. E. Editor(s), 561-570 pp, 1989, 1989
- Keywords
- building fires | residential buildings | computers | human behavior | simulation | occupants
- Identifiers
- human behavior; input variables and parameters
- Abstract
- EXITT is a discrete event simulation of occupant decisions and actions in a simulated fire. Before the simulation starts, the characteristics of a residence, a fire in that residence, and the occupants of the residence are entered into the computer.