From Data to Insights: A Bibliometric Assessment of Agent-Based Modeling Applications in Transportation

A Domenteanu, C Delcea, N Chiriță, C Ioanăș - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a bibliometric analysis within the research domain dedicated to the
utilization of agent-based modeling (ABM) in the field of transportation. By employing …

An agent-based model for cruise ship evacuation considering the presence of smart technologies on board

LA Cotfas, C Delcea, S Mancini, C Ponsiglione… - Expert Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cruise ship industry has faced in recent years a continuous increase in the number of
passengers, reaching 28.5 million passengers in 2018, 60.11% more than in 2009. In this …

An agent-based modeling approach to collaborative classrooms evacuation process

C Delcea, LA Cotfas, L Craciun, AG Molanescu - Safety science, 2020 - Elsevier
Human behavior and the environment's characteristics have proven to play an important role
within the evacuation process as they can facilitate a shorter evacuation time. The …

Large event halls evacuation using an agent-based modeling approach

LA Cotfas, C Delcea, LD Iancu, C Ioanăş… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper explores the usage of agent-based modeling in the context of large event halls
evacuation during music festivals and cultural events. An agent-based model is created in …

Wall-following searching or area coverage searching? Simulation study of the panic evacuation considering the guidance of a single rescuer

G Wang, T Chen, X Hu, H Zheng, W Jiang - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The guidance strategy for a single rescuer plays a vital role in evacuation management
which has yet to be thoroughly studied. Hence, one factor of panic evacuation involving the …

Methods for accelerating the airplane boarding process in the presence of apron buses

C Delcea, RJ Milne, LA Cotfas, L Crăciun… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of apron buses for transporting passengers from the airport terminal to the airplane
has become common practice for a series of airports worldwide. Airline companies have …

Assessing evacuation performance of pedestrians within narrow seated spaces

K Zhu, Z Zhou, F Chen, N Guo, X Ling - Safety science, 2023 - Elsevier
Pedestrian movement behaviors within seated areas are of great importance for evacuation
from multi-obstacle buildings such as stadiums, cinemas and classrooms. In this study, we …

Airplane boarding method for passenger groups when using apron buses

RJ Milne, LA Cotfas, C Delcea, M Salari… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a method for reducing the time to complete the boarding of a two-door
airplane when its passengers are transported from the airport terminal to the airplane using …

Determining the number of passengers for each of three reverse pyramid boarding groups with COVID-19 flying restrictions

C Delcea, RJ Milne, LA Cotfas - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
The onset of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 has changed many aspects of people's
economic and social activities. For many airlines, social distancing has reduced airplane …

Investigating the exits' symmetry impact on the evacuation process of classrooms and lecture halls: An agent-based modeling approach

C Delcea, LA Cotfas, IA Bradea, MI Boloș, G Ferruzzi - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
As the evacuation problem has attracted and continues to attract a series of researchers due
to its high importance both for saving human lives and for reducing the material losses in …