Intelligent Space as a Framework for Fire Detection and Evacuation

This article discusses the application of Intelligent Space (iSpace) for fire related purposes. Both fire detection and fire evacuation are studied. It is shown that iSpace can improve current fire detection algorithms and offers a situation adaptable fire evacuation at the same time. As in future more and more factories and homes are expected to be of the iSpace concept, fire related application of iSpace is simply an addition of appropriate software and is therefore extremely easy and inexpensive.

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