@article{ref1,
title="Making evacuation decisions by using a discrete-time approximation methodology",
journal="Journal of hazardous materials",
year="2009",
author="Ale, Ben J. M. and Audenaert, Amaryllis and Reniers, Genserik L. L. and Pauwels, N. and Soudan, Karel",
volume="164",
number="2-3",
pages="490-496",
abstract="This article further elaborates the findings by Reniers et al. in 2007 and 2008. A discrete-time approximation is presented to determine the severity of a major accident threat triggering immediate evacuation and its expected resulting costs. By implementing the proposed mathematical model, precautionary evacuation decision problems can be tackled in a realistic way, i.e., allowing for major accident threats with limited duration. Furthermore, the model is moulded into a working procedure which was used to develop software to solve the suggested algorithms. A case-study is provided and the results obtained by application of the methodology are discussed. Using a (realistic) discrete-time approximation computer simulation, we found that ignoring option characteristics may produce suboptimal intervention decisions in shutdown settings. <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0304-3894",
doi="10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.08.049",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.08.049"
}