Title :
Pervasive emergency support systems for building evacuation
Author :
Filippoupolitis, Avgoustinos ; Gorbil, Gokce ; Gelenbe, Erol
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
An emergency situation taking place inside a confined space, such as a building, is a challenging task due to the presence of dynamic conditions. Pervasive systems can prove beneficial for the evacuation procedure, as they can provide directions to the evacuees regarding the best available exit. In this paper we describe two pervasive systems geared towards emergency support, which are deployed inside a building. Both systems use simple communications in order to collect and disseminate information regarding the best evacuation paths. We use a multi-agent simulation platform to demonstrate how the use of the systems improves the outcome of the evacuation procedure.
Keywords :
disasters; emergency services; information dissemination; multi-agent systems; ubiquitous computing; building evacuation; information collection; information dissemination; multiagent simulation platform; pervasive emergency support systems; Artificial intelligence; Bridges; Buildings; Hazards; Routing; Tin; Wireless communication; building evacuation; disaster management; emergency simulation; opportunistic communications; pervasive systems;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops (PERCOM Workshops), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lugano
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0905-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0906-6
DOI :
10.1109/PerComW.2012.6197557
