Abstract | Evacuation models are currently employed for the design and assessment of the life safety conditions of buildings, infrastructure and outdoor areas threatened by fire. Over the years, several modelling methods, based on different approaches and assumptions, have been developed and used in the context of fire safety engineering.
The purpose of this special issue of Fire Technology is to present to the broad fire protection community a selection of papers which include fundamental enhancements for the evacuation modelling field. Following an open call for papers, eleven articles have been included in the special issue (55% acceptance rate) given their significant contribution to advancing the field of evacuation modelling. |
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