- Author
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Chen, C.
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Li, Q.
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Kaneko, S.
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Chen, J.
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Cui, X.
- Title
- Location Optimization Algorithm for Emergency Signs in Public Facilities and Its Application to a Single-Floor Supermarket.
- Coporate
- Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Hiroshima Univ., Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8529, Japan
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 44,
No. 1,
113-120,
January 2009
- Keywords
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exit signs
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emergencies
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public safety
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evacuation
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supermarkets
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algorithms
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facilities
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standards
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equations
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occupants
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people movement
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simulation
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scenarios
- Identifiers
- maximal covering location problem; Lagrangian relaxation algorithm; emergency management; maximal covering location problem for emergency signs; light-occlusion effect caused by barriers; location optimization algorithm for emergency signs; description of the evacuees; description of the enclosure; evacuation modes of the evacuees; basic movement rules of evacuees; simulation result of location optimization for emergency signs; standard deviation of each minute in the 10 simulations for three scenarios (unit: person)