- Author
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Chalmet, L. G.
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Francis, R. L.
- Title
- Network Models for Building Evacuation.
- Coporate
- Florida Univ., Gainesville
- Journal
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 18,
No. 1,
90-113,
February 1982
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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CIB W14/82/61 (USA),
- Keywords
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buildings
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evacuation
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emergencies
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egress
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building design
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models
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occupants
- Identifiers
- building evacuation models; bottlenecks
- Abstract
- How can a large building with many occupants be evacuated in minimum time, and where are the bottlenecks likely to occur in such an evacuations? In order to address this question, three network building evacuation models have been presented.