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245	0	0	_aAssessing the Verification and Validation of Building Fire Evacuation Models
260			_a _b _cene. 2016
270			_a25/07/2016 ; 25/07/2016
300			_a22 p. ; 197-219
520			_aTranscripción del resúmen realizada por el autor: 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.
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773	0		_tFire Technology _g52
942			_cARTICULO
100	1		_aRonchi, Enrico _955471
100	1		_aNilsson, Daniel _955472
100	1		_aKuligowski, Erica D. _955473
100	1		_aPeacock, Richard D. _932724
100	1		_aReneke, Paul A. _932726
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