Volume 9, Number 13, November 2019

A Hybrid Model for Evacuation Simulation and Efficiency Optimization in Large Complex Buildings

  Authors

Hao Yuan, Guo Yu, Yifan Ma, Jieneng Chen and Xiongda Chen, Tongji University, China

  Abstract

The Cellular Automaton(CA) and Artificial Potential Field(APF) method, as well as other theories, are traditional to simulate the flow of people .A refine model of CA, combined with adapted Ant Colony model, as well as the APF is delivered to simulate the evacuation process in large buildings. An estimation of the total evacuation time within one floor in the Louvre is obtained by applying this model. The bottlenecks are identified alongside the evacuation routes. The applicability and flexibility of this model are proved.

  Keywords

Evacuation Model, Cellular Automaton, Artificial Potential Field, Ant Colony, The Louvre

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