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Analysis of the use of behavioral data from virtual reality for calibration of agent-based evacuation models

JUŘÍK, V. UHLÍK, O. SNOPKOVÁ, D. KVARDA, O. APELTAUER, T. APELTAUER, J.

Originální název

Analysis of the use of behavioral data from virtual reality for calibration of agent-based evacuation models

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Agent-based evacuation modeling represents an effective tool for making predictions about evacuation aspects of buildings such as evacuation times, congestions, and maximum safe building capacity. Collection of real behavioral data for calibrating agent-based evacuation models is time-consuming, costly, and completely impossible in the case of buildings in the design phase, where predictions about evacuation behavior are especially needed. In recent years evacuation experiments conducted in virtual reality (VR) have been frequently proposed in the literature as an effective tool for collecting data about human behavior. However, empirical studies which would assess validity of VR-based data for such purposes are still rare and considerably lacking in the agent-based evacuation modeling domain. This study explores opportunities that the VR behavioral data may bring for refining outputs of agent evacuation models. To this end, this study employed multiple input settings of agent-based evacuation models (ABEMs), including those based on the data gathered from the VR evacuation experiment that mapped out evacuation behaviors of individuals within the building. Calibration and evaluation of models was based on empirical data gathered from an original evacuation exercise conducted in a real building (N = 35) and its virtual twin (N = 38). This study found that the resulting predictions of single agent models using data collected in the VR environment after proposed corrections have the potential to better predict real-world evacuation behavior while offering desirable variance in the data outputs necessary for practical applications.

Klíčová slova

pathfinder; virtual reality; evacuation behavior; agent modeling; indoor navigation; evacuation time

Autoři

JUŘÍK, V.; UHLÍK, O.; SNOPKOVÁ, D.; KVARDA, O.; APELTAUER, T.; APELTAUER, J.

Vydáno

3. 3. 2023

Nakladatel

Elsevier

Místo

Netherlands

ISSN

2405-8440

Periodikum

Heliyon

Ročník

9

Číslo

3

Stát

Spojené státy americké

Strany od

1

Strany do

14

Strany počet

14

URL

Plný text v Digitální knihovně

BibTex

@article{BUT183025,
  author="Vojtěch {Juřík} and Ondřej {Uhlík} and Dajana {Snopková} and Ondřej {Kvarda} and Tomáš {Apeltauer} and Jiří {Apeltauer}",
  title="Analysis of the use of behavioral data from virtual reality for calibration of agent-based evacuation models",
  journal="Heliyon",
  year="2023",
  volume="9",
  number="3",
  pages="14",
  doi="10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14275",
  issn="2405-8440",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023014822"
}