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Evacuation Exercises in a TV Studio

Comparison to Simulation Results

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Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012
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This paper presents results on two evacuation exercises in a TV studio. The results are compared to evacuation simulations. The parameters for the simulation were adapted to represent the population and behaviour characteristics observed in the exercise. The times and other results are comparable.

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Gessler, P., Hebben, S. (2014). Evacuation Exercises in a TV Studio. In: Weidmann, U., Kirsch, U., Schreckenberg, M. (eds) Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02447-9_23

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