Individual wayfinding decisions under stress in indoor emergency situations: A theoretical framework and meta-analysis

J Lin, N Li, LL Rao, R Lovreglio - Safety science, 2023 - Elsevier
Individual wayfinding decisions are critical for evacuation efficiency in building emergencies.
By synthesizing the increasing volume of relevant literature, this study proposes a theoretical …

Evacuation simulation of an Ro-Ro passenger ship considering the effects of inclination and crew's guidance

S Fang, Z Liu, S Zhang, X Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The emergency scenarios of passenger ships are reproduced unrealistically by evacuation
drills due to cost and safety limitations, and model simulation is an effective alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Online experiments and regression analysis of evacuation decisions in response to fire alarms

A Balboa, A Cuesta, J González-Villa, G Ortiz, D Alvear - Fire safety journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The stay/go decisions of people involved in fire incidents are crucial for safety. However, the
factors that influence these decisions remain unclear. To address this issue, online …

[HTML][HTML] Logistic regression vs machine learning to predict evacuation decisions in fire alarm situations

A Balboa, A Cuesta, J González-Villa, G Ortiz, D Alvear - Safety science, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study we assessed logistic regression and machine learning models to explore their
performance in predicting evacuation decisions and to provide readers with insights into the …

[HTML][HTML] Uncovering non-emergency-related factors in threat responses: Logistic regression analysis of online experimental data for behaviour patterns

A Balboa, A Cuesta, J González-Villa, G Ortiz… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Delving into human behaviour during emergencies, this study investigates the evacuation
decisions made by 1.807 individuals across fire alarm, explosion, and shooting scenarios …

Testing a real-time intelligent evacuation guiding system for complex buildings

A Balboa, J González-Villa, A Cuesta, O Abreu… - Safety Science, 2020 - Elsevier
A recent challenge in life safety is to improve evacuee's performance using technology. Here
we propose an intelligent evacuation guiding system for complex buildings. It uses …

The effects of three environmental factors on building evacuation time

E Kinkel, CN van der Wal, SP Hoogendoorn - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Building fires can be considered a risk to the health and safety of occupants. Environmental
factors in building fires might affect the speed of an evacuation. Therefore, in this study …

Study on the law of vertical evacuation behavior during earthquakes considering social relationship

J Feng, J Wang, J Li, J Li, S Xu, J Liu, J Li… - Physica A: Statistical …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasing density of people in buildings and complexity of building structures,
pedestrians will inevitably be affected by social relationships during vertical evacuation …

Perception of earthquake and analysis of its impact factors based on interpretable machine learning: data from the 6 august 2023 earthquake in **yuan County …

E Zhang, N Ding, L Yang, Y Wang, J Shi, Y Xu - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
Abstract In August 6, 2023, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in **yuan County,
China. Numerous individuals who experienced the earthquake conveyed that they" sensed …

[PDF][PDF] Simulation of the evacuation strategy for an air–rail intermodal hub station

QM Si, JY Li, XY Guo, H Wang, CY Liu - International Journal of …, 2024 - ijsimm.com
To clarify the evacuation bottleneck of air–rail intermodal hub stations and improve the
efficiency of personnel evacuation, the smoke spread process and the visibility and …