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Author
Chalmet, L. G. | Francis, R. L.
Title
Network Models for Building Evacuation.
Coporate
Florida Univ., Gainesville
Journal
Fire Technology, Vol. 18, No. 1, 90-113, February 1982
Sponsor
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
CIB W14/82/61 (USA),
Keywords
buildings | evacuation | emergencies | egress | building design | models | 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.