Data networks
Parallel and distributed computation: numerical methods
Parallel and distributed computation: numerical methods
Introduction to algorithms
Measurement and performance of a cognitive packet network
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking - Special issue on networking middleware: selected papers from the TERENA networking conference 2001
Distributed algorithms for guiding navigation across a sensor network
Proceedings of the 9th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking
Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE (Wiley Series in Agent Technology)
Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE (Wiley Series in Agent Technology)
Emergency response simulation using wireless sensor networks
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Ambient media and systems
Wireless networks in emergency management
Proceedings of the first ACM international workshop on Practical issues and applications in next generation wireless networks
Resilience and security of opportunistic communications for emergency evacuation
Proceedings of the 7th ACM workshop on Performance monitoring and measurement of heterogeneous wireless and wired networks
Large scale simulation for human evacuation and rescue
Computers & Mathematics with Applications
Smart navigation for firefighters in hazardous environments: a ban-based approach
ICPCA/SWS'12 Proceedings of the 2012 international conference on Pervasive Computing and the Networked World
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The evacuation of a building is a challenging problem, since the evacuees most of the times do not know or do not follow the optimal evacuation route. Especially during an ongoing hazard present in the building, finding the best evacuation route becomes harder as the conditions along the paths change in the course of the evacuation procedure. In this paper we propose a distributed system that will compute the best evacuation routes in real-time, while a hazard is spreading inside the building. The system is composed of a network of decision nodes and sensor nodes, positioned in specific locations inside the building. The recommendations of the decision nodes are computed in a distributed manner, at each of the decision nodes, which then communicate them to evacuees or rescue personnel located in their vicinity. We evaluate our proposed system in various emergency scenarios, using a multi-agent simulation platform for Building Evacuation. Our results indicate that the presence of the system improves the outcome of the evacuation with respect to the evacuation time and the injury level of the evacuees.