NDLI: Assessing the Verification and Validation of Building Fire Evacuation Models

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Author	Ronchi, Enrico Kuligowski, Erica D. Nilsson, Daniel Peacock, Richard D. Reneke, Paul A.
Copyright Year	2014
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.
Starting Page	197
Ending Page	219
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00152684
Journal	Fire Technology
Volume Number	52
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15728099
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-09-27
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Verification Validation Evacuation Modelling Human behaviour in fire Building fires Civil Engineering Mechanics Characterization and Evaluation of Materials Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Materials Science Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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