TENDENKO: Agent-Based Evacuation Drill and Emergency Planning System

Evacuation drills are conducted periodically with the intent of practicing smooth evacuations from buildings, and for practicing rescue operations at emergency sites. An agentbased evacuation simulation with information diffusion provides a platform for simulating human evacuation behavior during emergencies that can be affected by various social and human factors. TENDENKO aims to conduct evacuation drills at buildings where real drills cannot be conducted, and to improve the buildings' evacuation planning in order to save more lives during future emergencies. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.4 [Information Systems Applications]:Miscellaneous