Modeling & Simulating the Evacuation of a Building Based on Building Floor Plan and Evacuation Strategies

Shreya, K. Rajan

2023

Abstract

Accidental fires in public and large buildings not only cause property loss but also can lead to loss of lives. During such emergencies, building evacuation depends on a range of factors including floor plans, exits available, obstructions if any, the occupancy levels of the building, and so on. The study here brings together the spatial, temporal, and path planning possibilities to evaluate fire evacuation strategies for 2D building plans. It provides a geospatial framework to assess the impacts of dynamic changes in the building environment and its impact on evacuation outcomes. In this study, occupancy-based path planning using Pgrouting over an IndoorGML formatted data is combined with modeling their interactions over the path toward the exit to assess the outcomes. This computational approach over the time-dependent path provides interesting insights into determining the number of paths and the need for one or more exits during an emergency. The study shows that integrating the floor plan into path generation and people flow can be a powerful tool for assessing the building environment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Shreya. and Rajan K. (2023). Modeling & Simulating the Evacuation of a Building Based on Building Floor Plan and Evacuation Strategies. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM, ISBN 978-989-758-649-1, SciTePress, pages 230-236. DOI: 10.5220/0011992600003473

in Bibtex Style

@conference{gistam23,
author={Shreya and K. Rajan},
title={Modeling & Simulating the Evacuation of a Building Based on Building Floor Plan and Evacuation Strategies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,},
year={2023},
pages={230-236},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011992600003473},
isbn={978-989-758-649-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,
TI - Modeling & Simulating the Evacuation of a Building Based on Building Floor Plan and Evacuation Strategies
SN - 978-989-758-649-1
AU - Shreya.
AU - Rajan K.
PY - 2023
SP - 230
EP - 236
DO - 10.5220/0011992600003473
PB - SciTePress