Overlap-avoiding Tickmodel: an Agent- and GIS-Based Method for Evacuation Simulations

Authors

  • Ervin Wirth
    Affiliation

    Budapest University of Technology and Economics

  • György Szabó
    Affiliation

    Budapest University of Technology and Economics

https://doi.org/10.3311/PPci.10823

Abstract

Evacuation simulation is a method to determine evacuation times for areas, buildings, or vessels. It is based on the simulation of crowd dynamics and pedestrian motion; in this paper, we investigated the evacuation characteristics with a new motion model. The motion model and modeling space were implemented in an agent-based environment. The model is simple and generally applicable, it navigates the agent towards the destinations (safe zones) in a mixed macro-micro approach. The simulations were tested in a geospatially modeled lecture hall of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The evacuation times and the panic rate were both estimated; a new way of measurement was applied for panic. Finally, conclusions were made on the person count ~ evacuation time and person count ~ panic rate relations. The paper introduces the key factors of this complex modeling phenomenon and demonstrates how to set up an agent-based evacuation model. The results can simulate the real phenomenon and constitute valuable assets for decision-making in public safety issues (architectural design, evacuation protocol, regulations of space).

Keywords:

general, evacuation model, ABM, GIS, risk management

Published Online

2017-06-14

How to Cite

Wirth, E., Szabó, G. “Overlap-avoiding Tickmodel: an Agent- and GIS-Based Method for Evacuation Simulations”, Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, 62(1), pp. 72–79, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPci.10823

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Section

Research Article