Presentation 2017-03-03
Construction of Urban Evacuation Simulation Incorporating Agent Attributes for Regional Disaster Prevention
Hiroyuki Tamai, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Yasunori Owada, Kiyohiko Hattori,
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Abstract(in English) Evacuation simulation has attracted attention as a tool to promote regional disaster prevention measures. Among many evacuation simulations, a multi-agent system regarding evacuees as autonomous agents is often used. However, in the evacuation simulations targeting urban areas with abundant evacuees, the agent model is usually assumed to be homogeneous. In this paper, we introduce agent attributes to express diverse characteristics of evacuees and to reproduce behaviors better suited to reality. Also, by providing the agent with a function to recognize other agents, mutual action among the agents is induced. In the conducted simulations, we introduce elderly people as an attribute of the agent, because they are assumed to become main victims in a case of disaster and to require preferential supportive measures. Moreover, we evaluate effects of the mutual action among agents on the evacuation behavior by carrying out urban evacuation simulations. Finally, we show applicability of the constructed model to regional disaster prevention.
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Keyword(in English) Evacuation Simulation / Multi-Agent / Attribute / Tsunami
Paper # ICTSSL2016-78
Date of Issue 2017-02-23 (ICTSSL)

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Committee ICTSSL
Conference Date 2017/3/2(2days)
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Place (in English) Niigata University
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Chair Kazunori Okada(NICT)
Vice Chair Hiroshi Tamura(Chuo Univ.) / Keisuke Nakano(Niigata Univ.)
Secretary Hiroshi Tamura(NTT DoCoMo) / Keisuke Nakano(Shizuoka Univ.)
Assistant Shosuke Sato(Tohoku Univ.) / Tomotaka Wada(Kansai Univ.)

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Language JPN
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Title (in English) Construction of Urban Evacuation Simulation Incorporating Agent Attributes for Regional Disaster Prevention
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Keyword(1) Evacuation Simulation
Keyword(2) Multi-Agent
Keyword(3) Attribute
Keyword(4) Tsunami
1st Author's Name Hiroyuki Tamai
1st Author's Affiliation Niigata University(Niigata Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Tatsuya Yamazaki
2nd Author's Affiliation Niigata University(Niigata Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Yasunori Owada
3rd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT)
4th Author's Name Kiyohiko Hattori
4th Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT)
Date 2017-03-03
Paper # ICTSSL2016-78
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) ICTSSL-483
Page pp.pp.43-48(ICTSSL),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-02-23 (ICTSSL)