@article{ref1,
title="Assessing the verification and validation of building fire evacuation models",
journal="Fire technology",
year="2016",
author="Ronchi, Enrico and Kuligowski, Erica D. and Nilsson, Daniel and Peacock, Richard D. and Reneke, Paul A.",
volume="52",
number="1",
pages="197-219",
abstract="To date there is no International standard on the verification and validation (V&V) of building fire evacuation models, i.e., model testers adopt inconsistent procedures or tests designed for other model uses. For instance, the tests presented within the MSC/Circ.1238 Guidelines for evacuation analysis for new and existing passenger ships provided by the International Maritime Organization are often employed for the V&V of models outside their original context of use (building fires instead of maritime applications). This paper presents a list of verification tests for component testing and the analysis of emergent behaviours together with examples of experimental data-sets suitable for the analysis of different core components. The capabilities of building fire evacuation models are evaluated by studying their five main core components, namely (1) pre-evacuation time, (2) movement and navigation, (3) exit usage, (4) route availability and (5) flow constraints. This paper discusses the tests which are included in a freely available Technical Note developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This work is intended to open a discussion on the main issues associated with the definition of a standard procedure for the V&V of building fire evacuation models, including the definition of the acceptance criteria of a standard V&V protocol.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0015-2684",
doi="10.1007/s10694-014-0432-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10694-014-0432-3"
}