Title :
Behavior-based evacuation planning
Author :
Rodriguez, Samuel ; Amato, Nancy M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this work, we present a formulation of an evacuation planning problem that is inspired by motion planning and describe an integrated behavioral agent-based and roadmap-based motion planning approach to solve it. Our formulation allows users to test the effect on evacuation of a number of different environmental factors. One of our main focuses is to provide a mechanism to investigate how the interaction between agents influences the resulting evacuation plans. Specifically, we explore how various types of control provided by a set of directing agents effects the overall evacuation planning strategies of the evacuating agents.
Keywords :
path planning; robots; behavior-based evacuation planning; behavioral agent-based motion planning; directing agents; roadmap-based motion planning; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer simulation; Environmental factors; Laboratories; Motion planning; Robotics and automation; Strategic planning; Testing; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5038-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1050-4729
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509502
