Integrating a Human Behavior Model within an Agent-Based Approach for Blasting Evacuation
Authored by Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Stephen Mahin, Marco Domaneschi
Date Published: 2019
DOI: 10.1111/mice.12364
Sponsors:
European Research Council (ERC)
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Abstract
Several studies on Emergency Management are available in the literature,
but most of them do not consider how the human behavior during an
emergency can affect the evacuation process. Therefore, the novel
contribution of this article is the implementation of an agent-based
model to describe the evacuation, due to a blast in a public area,
integrated with a human behavior analytical model. Each agent has its
own behavior that is described in a layered framework. The first layer
simulates the ``agent's features{''} function. Then, an ``individual
module{''} describes dynamically the emotional aspects using (i) the
Decision Field Theory, (ii) a stationary stochastic model, and (iii) the
results coming from a questionnaire. An agent-based model with
integrated human behavior is proposed to test critical infrastructures
in emergency conditions without performing full scale evacuation tests.
Analyses could be performed both in real time with a hazard scenario and
at the design level to predict the system response to identify the
optimal configuration. Therefore, the development of the proposed
methodology could support both designers and policy makers in the
decision-making process.
Tags
Simulation
pedestrian evacuation
Social desirability
Emergency response