Computer Science and Information Systems 2017 Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages: 257-282
https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS161014002L
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A distributed architecture for real-time evacuation guidance in large smart buildings
Lujak Marin (CETINIA, University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain)
Billhardt Holger (CETINIA, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
Dunkel Jürgen (Hochschule Hannover, Computer Science Dept., Hannover, Germany)
Fernández Alberto (CETINIA, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
Hermoso Ramón (University of Zaragoza, Computer Science Dept., Zaragoza, Spain)
Ossowski Sascha (CETINIA, University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
In this paper, we consider the route coordination problem in emergency
evacuation of large smart buildings. The building evacuation time is crucial
in saving lives in emergency situations caused by imminent natural or
man-made threats and disasters. Conventional approaches to evacuation route
coordination are static and predefined. They rely on evacuation plans present
only at a limited number of building locations and possibly a trained
evacuation personnel to resolve unexpected contingencies. Smart buildings
today are equipped with sensory infrastructure that can be used for an
autonomous situation-aware evacuation guidance optimized in real time. A
system providing such a guidance can help in avoiding additional evacuation
casualties due to the flaws of the conventional evacuation approaches. Such a
system should be robust and scalable to dynamically adapt to the number of
evacuees and the size and safety conditions of a building. In this respect,
we propose a distributed route recommender architecture for situation-aware
evacuation guidance in smart buildings and describe its key modules in
detail. We give an example of its functioning dynamics on a use case.
Keywords: Evacuation guidance, real-time routing, distributed evacuation coordination, complex event processing, situation aware routing