The role of data-driven approaches in studies of crowd behaviour has received an
unprecedented recognition in recent years. As a result, the size of the empirical crowd …

In the event of a fire emergency in the built environment, occupants face a range of
evacuation decisions, including the choice of exits. An important question from the …

Although understanding wayfinding behaviour in complex buildings is important to ensure
pedestrian safety, the state of the art predominantly investigated pedestrian movement in …

Individual wayfinding decisions are critical for evacuation efficiency in building emergencies.
By synthesizing the increasing volume of relevant literature, this study proposes a theoretical …

Unfortunately, active shooter incidents are on the rise in the United States. With the recent
technological advancements, virtual reality (VR) experiments could serve as an effective …

Evacuation capacity is very important in building fire. In order to improve the safety
evacuation capacity of occupants, a web-based serious game for virtual fire evacuation drills …

Whereas the mental health and personal safety of pedestrians have been the subject of both
debates in the public sphere and discourses in social sciences, the interpersonal dynamic of …

Social engineering is a method used by offenders to deceive their targets utilizing rationales
of human psychology. Offenders aim to exploit information and use them for intelligence …

With the rapid development of economy, large-scale public buildings have been constructed
in many countries. However, if emergency such as fire appears, it is very difficult to escape …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop optimal evacuation plan to provide valuable
theoretical and practical insight in the fire evacuation work of similar structures, by proposing …