Agent-based simulation for large-scale emergency response: a survey of usage and implementation

Hawe, G.I.; Coates, G.; Wilson, D.T.; Crouch, R.S.

doi:10.1145/2379776.2379784

Agent-based simulation for large-scale emergency response: a survey of usage and implementation

Hawe, G.I.; Coates, G.; Wilson, D.T.; Crouch, R.S.

Authors

G.I. Hawe

G. Coates

D.T. Wilson

R.S. Crouch

Abstract

When attempting to determine how to respond optimally to a large-scale emergency, the ability to predict the consequences of certain courses of action in silico is of great utility. Agent-based simulations (ABSs) have become the de facto tool for this purpose; however, they may be used and implemented in a variety of ways. This article reviews existing implementations of ABSs for large-scale emergency response, and presents a taxonomy classifying them by usage. Opportunities for improving ABS for large-scale emergency response are identified.

Citation

Hawe, G., Coates, G., Wilson, D., & Crouch, R. (2012). Agent-based simulation for large-scale emergency response: a survey of usage and implementation. ACM Computing Surveys, 45(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1145/2379776.2379784

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jul 28, 2011
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2012
Deposit Date	Dec 6, 2011
Publicly Available Date	Jun 18, 2015
Journal	ACM Computing Surveys
Print ISSN	0360-0300
Electronic ISSN	1557-7341
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	45
Issue	1
Article Number	8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/2379776.2379784
Keywords	Agent-based simulation, Emergency response.

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© 2012 ACM. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in ACM Computing Surveys (45, 1, November 2012), Article No. 8, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2379776.2379784