A simulation model based on temporal–spatial conflict and congestion for pedestrian–vehicle mixed evacuation has been investigated. Assuming certain spatial behaviors of individuals during emergency evacuation, a discrete particle swarm optimization with neighborhood learning factor algorithm has been proposed to solve this problem. The proposed algorithm introduces a neighborhood learning fact...

Considering attraction of the nearest exit, repulsive force of the fire, barrier and its display style, effect of fire exit location on escape time in fire hazard, a mathematical model of evacuation process model was build based on cellular automatic theory. The program was developed by JavaScript. The influencing factors of evacuation were obtained through the simulation model by inputting cre...

Evacuation planning is a critical aspect of disaster preparedness and response to minimize the number of people exposed to a threat. Controlled evacuations aim at managing the flow of evacuees as efficiently as possible and have been shown to produce significant benefits compared to self-evacuations. However, existing approaches do not capture the delays introduced by diverging and crossing eva...

Evacuation planning is critical for numerous important applications, e.g. disaster emergency management and homeland defense preparation. Efficient tools are needed to produce evacuation plans that identify routes and schedules to evacuate affected populations to safety in the event of natural disasters or terrorist attacks. The existing linear programming approach uses time-expanded networks t...

Article history: Received 8 August 2016 Received in revised form 19 August 2017 Accepted 26 August 2017 Available online xxxx In emergency management, tools are needed so we can take the appropriate action at different stages of an evacuation. Recent wildfires in California showed how quickly a natural disaster can affect a large geographical area. Natural disasters can create unpredicted traff...

Evacuation planning requires an integrated analysis of heterogeneous spatial datasets including population, road network and facilities. It is a complex and challenging task to delineate evacuation circumstances and make reasonable connections among the datasets which evacuation management of emergency situations will be based on. An evacuation management system requires an easy configuration b...

In most of the cases, natural disasters lead to the necessity of evacuating people. The quality of evacuation management is dramatically improved by the use of information provided by decision support systems, which become indispensable in case of large scale evacuation operations. This paper presents a best practice case study. In November 2007, officers from the Emergency Situations Inspector...

BACKGROUND Abnormal uterine anatomy, especially leiomyomas, can significantly impact the difficulty and potential morbidity of surgical uterine evacuation. To avoid hysterotomy and/or hysterectomy, limited evidence exists to guide surgical uterine evacuation when pregnancy tissue is inaccessible with routine instruments. CASE PRESENTATION A 41-year-old G4P1021 African American woman at 14 4/7...

In response to an estimation of the likelihood of occurrence of the Tonankai and Nankai earthquakes, it is predicted that tsunami damage will occur in the JR Osaka Station area, the third biggest business center in Japan. The purpose of this study is to propose a system that evaluates the effectiveness of tsunami evacuation guidance and tsunami countermeasures, based on computer simulation of b...