A computer simulation of human behavior in building fires :

Stahl, Fred I

doi:10.6028/nbs.ir.78-1514

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“…The first two of these tasks were conducted during the project's initial phase, and have been documented elsewhere (Stahl, 1978). The final phase of the project dealt primarily with the later two tasks, although it also included an effort to refine certain aspects of the computer program written during task (2), 1,3…”

Section: Objectives Of the Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, this report includes complete documentation of the BFIRES program. Finally, since it may not always be convenient for readers to first peruse the project's Interim Report (Stahl, 1978), a brief overview of the approach is presented below in Section 1.4, Determining whether BFIRES can replicate actual historial fire events, or whether it can predict the outcomes of future ones, was outside the scope of this project.…”

Section: Purpose and Scope Of This Reportmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since factors which influence values of P.^vary over time , the occupant regenerates such a matrix at the onset or each succeeding time increment. This process may be considered a nonstationary Markov model (Stahl, 1978).…”

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Final report on the "BFIRESVersion 1" computer simulation of emergency egress behavior during fires :

Stahl¹

1979

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This report is the final product of a specific effort to develop and analyze a computer simulation of human egress behavior during fires. This project was one component of a research program undertaken jointly by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the Center for Fire Research of the National Bureau of Standards. In addition to the behavior of institutionalized populations during fire situations, this program considered the problems of design analysis, fire and smoke detection, smoke movement and control, and automatic extinguishment.

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1979

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“…In earlier research on crowd behavior, a curve describing the relationship between average marching velocity and human density of crowd was drawn in [1]. BFIRES is known as the first model for computer simulation of human behavior in building frres [2]. Force Information-Space-Time(FIST) model is the first model for describing stampede accident in the world.…”

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Study on evolution mechanism of fateful stampede accident based on graphical evaluation and review technique

Fang

Liu

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2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

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Fateful stampede accident has become one of hot spots in public security field because of its sudden and serious consequence. Actual cases show that crowding is not a sufficient condition for fateful stampede accident, but a necessary condition. Some emergencies play a role of trigger in stampede accident, such as fire, explosion, individual injury, earthquake, etc.Evolution mechanism of fateful stampede accident is discussed based on graphical evaluation and review technique (GERT) in the paper. Escape panic caused by emergencies greatly increases the risk of stampede accident. In the presented model, risk of fateful stampede accident is measured in terms of the difference between "desired velocity" and "actual velocity" of crowd. Finally, a GERT model is set up to describe the evolution mechanism of a fateful stampede accident at Miyun county.K�words-fateful stampede accident, evolution mechanism, GERT I.

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Building Evacuation in Emergencies: A Review and Interpretation of Software for Simulating Pedestrian Egress

Castle

Longley

2008

Geospatial Technologies and Homeland Security

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This chapter begins with an assessment of the reasons for the current surge in interest in developing building evacuation analysis using models that focus explicitly upon the human individual's locus of behavior. We then present an extended overview of available software for modelling and simulating pedestrian evacuation from enclosed spaces, and use this to develop guidelines for evaluating the wide range of pedestrian evacuation software that is currently available. We then develop a sequential conceptual framework of software and model specific considerations to take into account when contemplating application development. This conceptual framework is then applied to a hypothetical building evacuation setting. Our conclusions address not only the efficiency and effectiveness of the software solutions that are currently available, but also the degree of confidence (broadly defined) that underpins their application.

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A computer simulation of human behavior in building fires :

Cited by 6 publications

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Final report on the "BFIRESVersion 1" computer simulation of emergency egress behavior during fires :

Final report on the "BFIRESVersion 1" computer simulation of emergency egress behavior during fires :

Study on evolution mechanism of fateful stampede accident based on graphical evaluation and review technique

Building Evacuation in Emergencies: A Review and Interpretation of Software for Simulating Pedestrian Egress

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