- Author
- Francis, R. L. | Saunders, P. B.
- Title
- EVACNET: Prototype Network Optimization Models for Building Evacuation.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 79-1738, October 1979, 108 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- evacuation | high rise buildings | design
- Abstract
- This report presents the results of a pilot project conducted to explore how the evacuation and "evacuability" of buildings can be analyzed with the aid of mathematical network flow optimization models. As a research vehicle, Building 101, an eleven-floor building located on the Gaithersburg, Maryland campus of the National Bureau of Standards, has been studied; mathematical models pertinent to evaluating that building under a number of different circumstances have been developed and solved on the computer.