Axiomatic considerations of a rule based mechanism for the determination of a building's egress capability

Authors:
H. A. Donegan;G. Livesey;T. B. Mcmaster;G. J. Mcaleavy
Affiliations:
School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT37 0QB;School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK BT7 1NN;School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK BT7 1NN;School of Education, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT37 0QB
Venue:
Artificial Intelligence Review
Year:
2007

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Abstract

When a building is designed it possesses a spatial layout of routes and passageways all of which contribute to the building's egress capability--a key consideration in the context of health and safety for occupants. In this paper we examine how such a spatial layout can be interpreted as a vital system of egress, which if processed exhaustively by a naïve agent will identify with a measure of egress complexity. We further examine how the established rule-based mechanism for the determination of egress complexity satisfies the generically accepted axioms of complexity and we illustrate some of the algorithms of egress complexity with examples.