Emergency decision support using an agent-based modeling approach

Neal Wagner, Fayetteville State University
Vikas Agrawal, Fayetteville State University

Abstract

A key activity in emergency management is preparation for natural and man-made disasters. This paper presents a prototype of a computer simulation system that uses agent-based modeling to simulate an emergency environment with crowd evacuation and provides for testing of multiple disaster scenarios at virtually no cost. © 2012 IEEE.