Operational wildfire suppression modelling: a review evaluating development, state of the art and future directions

TJ Duff, KG Tolhurst - International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Wildfires are an inherent part of the landscape in many parts of the world; however, they
often impose substantial economic burdens on human populations where they occur, both in …

A Review of forest fire combating efforts, challenges and future directions in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak

YJ Chew, SY Ooi, YH Pang, KS Wong - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
The land surface of Malaysia mostly constitutes forest cover. For decades, forest fires have
been one of the nation's most concerning environmental issues. With the advent of machine …

Drone swarms in fire suppression activities: A conceptual framework

E Ausonio, P Bagnerini, M Ghio - Drones, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recent huge technological development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can
provide breakthrough means of fighting wildland fires. We propose an innovative forest …

Modeling urban growth using spatially heterogeneous cellular automata models: Comparison of spatial lag, spatial error and GWR

C Gao, Y Feng, X Tong, Z Lei, S Chen, S Zhai - … , Environment and Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many methods can be used to construct geographical cellular automata (CA) models of
urban land use, but most do not adequately capture spatial heterogeneity in urban …

Forest fire spread simulating model using cellular automaton with extreme learning machine

Z Zheng, W Huang, S Li, Y Zeng - Ecological Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
The quantitative simulation of forest fire spreading plays an essential role in designing quick
risk management and implementing effective suppression policies. As a preferable …

[HTML][HTML] Using cellular automata to simulate wildfire propagation and to assist in fire management

JG Freire, CC DaCamara - Natural hazards and earth system …, 2019 - nhess.copernicus.org
Cellular automata have been successfully applied to simulate the propagation of wildfires
with the aim of assisting fire managers in defining fire suppression tactics and in planning …

PROPAGATOR: An Operational Cellular-Automata Based Wildfire Simulator

A Trucchia, M D'Andrea, F Baghino, P Fiorucci… - Fire, 2020 - mdpi.com
PROPAGATOR is a stochastic cellular automaton model for forest fire spread simulation,
conceived as a rapid method for fire risk assessment. The model uses high-resolution …

Binary thermal fluids computation over arbitrary surfaces with second-order accuracy and unconditional energy stability based on phase-field model

Q Xia, Y Liu, J Kim, Y Li - Journal of Computational and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose an efficient surface computational system with second-order
spatial and temporal accuracy to solve multiple physical field coupling problems over …

Modeling forest fire spread using machine learning-based cellular automata in a GIS environment

Y Xu, D Li, H Ma, R Lin, F Zhang - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
The quantitative simulation of forest fire spread is of great significance for designing rapid
risk management approaches and implementing effective fire fighting strategies. A cellular …

Modeling wildfire spread with an irregular graph network

W Jiang, F Wang, G Su, X Li, G Wang, X Zheng… - Fire, 2022 - mdpi.com
The wildfire prediction model is crucial for accurate rescue and rapid evacuation. Existing
models mainly adopt regular grids or fire perimeters to describe the wildfire landscape …