Validation of an agent-based building evacuation model with a school drill

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dc.contributor.authorPoulos Campbell, Alan John
dc.contributor.authorTocornal, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorLlera Martin, Juan Carlos de la
dc.contributor.authorMitrani-Reiser, Judith
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-20T19:46:19Z
dc.date.available2020-01-20T19:46:19Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAn effective evacuation of buildings is critical to minimize casualties due to natural or anthropogenic hazards. Building evacuation models help in preparing for future events and shed light on possible shortcomings of current evacuation designs. However, such models are seldom compared or validated with real evacuations, which is a critical step in assessing their predictive capacities. This research focuses on the evacuation of a K-12 (kindergarten to 12th grade) school located within the tsunami inundation zone of Iquique, Chile. An agent-based evacuation model was developed to simulate the evacuation of approximately 1500 children and staff from the school during a global evacuation drill carried out for the entire city. The model simulates the motions of heterogeneous human agents, and the simulations were validated using video analysis of the real event. Resulting error estimations between predicted versus measured flow rates and evacuation times are 13.5% and 5.9%, respectively. The good agreement between the simulated and measured values can be attributed to the known distribution of students and staff at the start of the drill, and their known exposure to emergency preparedness protocols. However, the results presented herein show that this mathematical evacuation model can be used for logistical changes in the emergency planning.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-01-16
dc.fuente.origenBibliotecas UC
dc.identifier.citationPoulos, A., Tocornal, F., de la Llera, J. C., & Mitrani-Reiser, J. (2018). Validation of an agent-based building evacuation model with a school drill. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 97, 82-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.10.010
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.trc.2018.10.010
dc.identifier.issn0968-090X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.10.010
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/28198
dc.information.autorucEscuela de ingeniería ; Llera Martin, Juan Carlos de la ; 0000-0002-9064-0938 ; 53086
dc.information.autorucEscuela de ingeniería ; Poulos Campbell, Alan John ; 0000-0001-8654-1024 ; 177702
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.pagina.final95
dc.pagina.inicio82
dc.revistaTransportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologieses_ES
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectEvacuation modeles_ES
dc.subjectEvacuation drilles_ES
dc.subjectAgent-based modelinges_ES
dc.subjectHuman behaviores_ES
dc.subject.ddc650
dc.subject.deweyAdministraciónes_ES
dc.titleValidation of an agent-based building evacuation model with a school drilles_ES
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen97
sipa.codpersvinculados53086
sipa.codpersvinculados177702
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