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Author
Nilsson, D. | Uhr, C.
Title
Complex Systems: A Holistic Approach for Understanding and Modeling Fire Evacuation Behavior.
Coporate
Lund Univ., Sweden Revinge College, Revinge, Sweden
Book or Conf
Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 525-530 p., 2009
Keywords
human behavior | evacuation | emergence | people movement | experiments | egress
Identifiers
complex systems approach in an evacuation context; discussing evacuation behaviour from a holistic approach; how interactions among agents can affect an evacuation process; empirical examples of emergence in evacuation situations; knowledge about complexity in evacuation contexts is beneficial; agents, artefacts and their relations; pre-movement example: social influence; recognition time for participants; movement example: exit flow