A5055825410- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Fire dynamics and safety research
- Traffic control and management
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Maritime Navigation and Safety
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Data Visualization and Analytics
- Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Fire Detection and Safety Systems
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
- Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Smart Parking Systems Research
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
Lund University
2020-2025
National Research Council Canada
2015-2019
University of Ulster
2015
SUNY Ulster
2015
University of Greenwich
1999-2013
Baker Hughes (United Kingdom)
2011-2013
National Institute of Standards
2012
National Institute of Standards and Technology
2012
Jensen Hughes (United States)
2008-2009
Summary This article explores how egress drills—specifically those related to fire incidents—are currently used, their impact on safety levels, and the insights gained from them. It is suggested that neither merits of drills are well understood, nor performance characterized. In addition, manner in which they conducted varies both between within regulatory jurisdictions. By investigating strengths limitations, this suggests opportunities for enhancement possibly through use other models...
Several traffic modeling tools are currently available for evacuation planning and real-time decision support during emergencies. This paper reviews potential traffic-modeling approaches in the context of wildland–urban interface (WUI) fire-evacuation applications. Existing features evaluated pertaining to fire-related, spatial, demographic factors; intended application (planning or support); temporal issues. systematic review shows importance following approaches: dynamic structures,...
Wildfires are a significant safety risk to populations adjacent wildland areas, known as the wildland-urban interface (WUI). This paper introduces modelling platform called WUI-NITY. The is built on Unity3D game engine and simulates visualises human behaviour wildfire spread during an evacuation of WUI communities. purpose this enhance situational awareness responders residents scenarios by providing information dynamic evolution emergency. WUI-NITY represents current predicted conditions...
Understanding how people respond in the first moments of fire incidents is crucial for emergency planning and preparedness, disasters such as Grenfell Tower show that much work needed to ensure safety residents high-rise residential buildings.This research applied social identity approach emergencies explore group dynamics impact resident behaviour building incidents.We conducted 16 semi-structured focus interviews with 40 UK buildings they had responded or would a their building.Using...
This article presents a glossary of terms that are frequently used in research on human crowds. topic is inherently multidisciplinary as it includes work and across computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, psychology social for example. We do not view the presented here collection finalised formal definitions. Instead, we suggest snapshot current views starting point an ongoing process hope will be useful providing some guidance use terminology to develop mutual understanding...
Emergencies such as fires and terrorist attacks pose risks of injuries fatalities, which can be exacerbated by delayed, ill-informed, or unmanaged responses. Effective emergency communication strategies could used to better inform people reduce these risks. This research analyzes videos real-world emergencies to: (a) identify people's observed behaviors that increase risk during evacuations, (b) examine might behaviors. We analyzed 126 publicly available evacuations in different (e.g., fire,...