Research Article

Optimization of Building Exit Layout: Combining Exit Decisions of Evacuees

Table 1

Parameters used in the simulation models [3, 4, 33, 40, 49].

ValuesDescriptions

Pedestrians’ mass
Pedestrians’ radius
The desired speed
An average reaction time of pedestrians
Strength of the repulsive social force
Characteristic distance of the repulsive force
Strength of the contact (pushing) force
Coefficient of the friction force
Evacuation capacity of an exit obtained by simulation
Each time step
The cognitive capability of pedestrians
Initial number of pedestrians
Width of exits