Office layout plan evaluation system using evacuation simulation considering other agents´ action

In this paper, we propose an office layout plan evaluation system using evacuation simulation considering other agents´ action. The proposed system evaluates office layout plans for polygonal space generated by the office layout support system using genetic algorithm. In the proposed system, the office layout plan is given, and then the agents move under the conditions. Each agent decides the escape route based on the information about office layout, impassable spaces, crowded areas, other agents´ action and so on, and goes to the entrance. Based on the behavior of agents, the evaluation on the maximum time for escape, average speed, the number of agents who could not reach entrance and so on are carried out. We carried out a series of computer experiments in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system and confirmed that the proposed system can evaluate layout plans.