Title :
Multi-agent modeling and simulation of human behavior in aircraft evacuations
Author :
Sharma, Sharad ; Singh, Harpreet ; Prakash, Atul
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Bowie State Univ., Bowie, MD
Abstract :
Predicting the collective behavior of people during evacuations from aircraft is a significant challenge, complicated by human behavioral factors such as stress and panic. This paper presents a multi-agent system for simulating the impact of individual human factors on aircraft evacuations. Based on the model, a prototype system, AvatarSim, was developed to simulate emergency evacuations from aircrafts. The simulator can be used to model situations that are difficult to test in real-life due to safety considerations.
Keywords :
human factors; humanities; multi-agent systems; AvatarSim; aircraft evacuations; collective behavior; emergency evacuations; human behavior; multi-agent modeling; multi-agent system; Aircraft manufacture; Certification; Computational modeling; FAA; Fuzzy logic; Human factors; Safety; Stress; Testing; Uncertainty;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.2008.4667723
