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Evacuation Simulation and Experiment Without Exit Information

In: Traffic and Granular Flow '17

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  • Yusuke Miyoshi

    (The University of Tokyo, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Engineering)

  • Daichi Yanagisawa

    (The University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology)

  • Katsuhiro Nishinari

    (The University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology)

Abstract

The configuration of a room and the evacuee information are important factors that determine evacuation performance. While several studies have investigated the impact of these factors on evacuation behavior, little research has been done on the evacuation of a room with blocked exits and uninformed evacuees who are unaware about the position of open exit. In this paper, we propose an extended floor field model that accounts for these types of conditions and is validated by experiments. The simulation results of our model show that optimal total evacuation time is achieved when more than 40% of evacuees are informed evacuees (IEs) who know the position of the open exit if their initial positions are uniformly distributed in the crowd. Our model indicates that total evacuation time is reduced when IEs are near an open exit. In addition, our model indicates that the ratio of IEs to total evacuees, required for achieving optimal evacuation time, changes with the change in the initial position of IEs.

Suggested Citation

  • Yusuke Miyoshi & Daichi Yanagisawa & Katsuhiro Nishinari, 2019. "Evacuation Simulation and Experiment Without Exit Information," Springer Books, in: Samer H. Hamdar (ed.), Traffic and Granular Flow '17, pages 347-355, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-11440-4_38
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11440-4_38
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