Research Article

KD-ACP: A Software Framework for Social Computing in Emergency Management

Table 4

The description of artificial Beijing generated by ASE.

Statistical features of artificial BeijingDescriptions of statistical featuresData source/default values

Agent roles{Baby, child, primary student, middle school student, college student, worker, …, retired}Demographic data file of Beijing

Environment types{Super market, store, restaurant, park, stadium, hospital, school, clinic, commercial building, dormitory building, …, residential building}Demographic data file of Beijing

Demographic data{Age distribution of population, sex distribution of population, household distribution of population, retired age distribution, …, children distribution}Demographic data file of Beijing

Environment data{Distribution of all types of environments}Environment distribution data file of Beijing

Relationships{Classmate, relative, college, friendship, …, family}Demographic data file of Beijing

Varying parametersAge difference of couples (μ,σ)(0,3) 
Minimum marriage age (male, female)(22, 20)
Age difference of children (μ,σ)(1,3) 
Enrollment rate of kindergarten 0.8
Enrollment rate of primary school 1
Enrollment rate of middle school 1
Enrollment rate of college 0.8
Entrance age of kindergarten 3
Entrance age of primary school 7
Entrance age of middle school 13
Entrance age of middle school 19