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Author
Pauls, J.
Title
Evacuation and Other Movement in Buildings: Some High-Rise Evacuation Models, General Pedestrian Movement Models and Human Performance Data Needs.
Coporate
Jake Pauls Consulting Services in Building Use and Safety, Silver Spring, MD
Book or Conf
Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2003 International Conference, 2nd. Proceedings. August 20-22, 2003, CMS Press, London, England, Greenwich, UK, Galea, E. R., Editors, 75-88 p., 2003
Keywords
evacuation | people movement | human response | human behavior | human performance | egress | high rise buildings | office buildings | emergencies | panic | stairways | codes
Identifiers
modeling high-rise office building eacuations; graphical models of evacuation strategies; merging behavior in evacuations; ellipse models of pedestrian movement; relationships among density, speed and flow; movement characteristics depicted for a passageway; cultural factors; deference behavior; crowd crush; demand and flow; handrails; population characteristics