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On the Use of Elevators During Emergency Evacuation

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Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions, 15th International Conference (DCAI 2018)

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In this paper, we study the use of elevators during the time of emergency evacuation. We review the State-of-the-Art and analyze the risks, benefits, and safety measures associated with the use of elevators during hazardous situations. In the end, we discuss some open issues related with the use of elevators in emergency evacuation and propose a smart agent-based elevator system (SABES) along with some research directions towards safer, more responsive, and reliable usage of elevators based on the emergency context.

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Acknowledgments

Work partially supported by the Autonomous Region of Madrid (grant “MOSI-AGIL-CM” (S2013/ICE-3019) co-funded by EU Structural Funds FSE and FEDER), project “SURF” (TIN2015-65515-C4-4-R (MINECO/FEDER)) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

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  1. CETINIA, University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain

    Qasim Khalid & Alberto Fernández

  2. IMT Lille Douai, Lille, France

    Marin Lujak & Arnaud Doniec

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  1. BISITE Digital Innovation Hub, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

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  3. GECAD - Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal

    Pedro Faria

  4. Department of Computer Science and Production Management, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

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  6. Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain

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Khalid, Q., Lujak, M., Fernández, A., Doniec, A. (2019). On the Use of Elevators During Emergency Evacuation. In: Rodríguez, S., et al. Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions, 15th International Conference. DCAI 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 801. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99608-0_17

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