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