A GIS-based Micro-simulation Queue Model for Vehicle Evacuation

In urban areas, people’s life may be threatened by disasters such as earthquakes. To reduce the life risks, efficient responses including evacuation are of critical importance. However, a drill evacuation appears impossible; simulation is thus used to examine the effectiveness of an evacuation plan. Considering the capacity of the routes, a GIS-SimQueue vehicle evacuation model is integrated with a Geographic Information System. Simulation results indicate that the model can reproduce vehicle evacuation features, which are in agreement with empirical ones.

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