- Author
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Parke, J.
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Gwynne, S.
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Galea, E. R.
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Lawrence, P. J.
- Title
- Use of Trial Evacuation Data in the Verification Process of an Evacuation Model and the Subsequent Analysis of Procedural Manipulation.
- Coporate
- University of Greenwich, London, England
- Report
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Paper No. 04/IM/117
July 2004
27 p.
- Keywords
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evacuation
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verification
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data analysius
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fire models
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validation
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evacuation time
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simulation
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scenarios
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people movement
- Identifiers
- pre-evacuation times; data collection; buildingEXODUS; experimental data; trial data; description of the original trial; evacuation of the Dreadnought building, part of the University of Greenwich, March 2000; final arrival times/totals at each of the exits; global and invididual results; average exit usage and average exit clearance time; buildingEXODUS produced predictions for Dreadnought evacuation
- Abstract
- The collection of data describing the behaviour of evacuees is of fundamental importance to the future development of evacuation models. Data does exist which is amenable for use by evacuation modellers. However, it often requires manipulation to configure it into a useable state, or is presented divorced from the context of its collection. In this paper, data collected from an unannounced trial evacuation is briefly presented. This data is then used as part of a validation exercise for the buildingEXODUS evacuation model. In particular, the data is used to demonstrate the sensitivity of the model to the data provided and to verify the capabilities of the model in accurately representing these scenarios. Given the satisfactory results produced, the model is then used to investigate the consequences of the failure of the procedure applied using the model.