Evacuation path planning is of significant importance to safely and efficiently evacuate
occupants inside public buildings. Current computer simulation methods carry out …

The human dependency on finite fossil fuel has led to its drastic depletion. Along with its
detrimental effects on the environment, such practice is now deemed unsustainable. This …

Many research studies have focused on fire evacuation planning. However, because of the
uncertainties in fire development, there is no perfect solution. This research proposes a fire …

This paper introduces a novel technique to design the level of service (LOS) for facilities or
sub spaces of buildings for the purpose of evacuation planning. LOS is a standard …

This paper proposes a novel real-time decision methodology for the selection of optimal
evacuation routes for buildings. A summary of the mathematical formulation, the solution …

For the problems of evacuation with several exits under the limiting condition of fire smoke
and routes capacity, an evacuation model combining of heuristic algorithm and network flow …

Building fires are one of the most common fire types and tend to cause heavy casualties.
During the evacuation, the shortest path makes the escapees leave the accident scene …

Abstract The Santiago Fire Department (from here referred to as SFD) lacks a fleet
management strategy since their vehicles remain allocated in fixed fire stations, while the …

Designing effective wastewater treatment networks is challenging because of the large
number of treatment options available for performing similar tasks. Each treatment option …

With the acceleration of urbanization, the frequency of building fire incidents has been
increasing year by year. Therefore, rapid, efficient, and safe evacuation from buildings has …