Optimized exit door locations for a safer emergency evacuation using crowd evacuation model and artificial bee colony optimization

• Main Authors: Khamis, N., Selamat, H., Ismail, F. S., Lutfy, O. F., Haniff, M. F., Nordin, I. N. A. M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87465/; http://www.dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.chaos.2019.109505

Overcrowding during emergency evacuation can cause crowd stampede and trampling that will lead to serious injuries or fatalities. These situations are likely to occur in natural or man-made disasters in open or closed spaces. The inefficient building design such as the unsuitable placement of an exi...