2 papers
physics.soc-ph2021
Influence of committed volunteers on helping behavior in emergency evacuations
Jaeyoung Kwak, Michael H. Lees, Wentong Cai +2
We study how the presence of committed volunteers influences the collective helping behavior in emergency evacuation scenarios. In this study, committed volunteers do not change th…
physics.soc-ph2020
Estimating horizontal movement performance of patient beds and the impact on emergency evacuation time
Jaeyoung Kwak, Michael H. Lees, Wentong Cai +2
Emergency evacuation of patients from a hospital can be challenging in the event of a fire. Most emergency evacuation studies are based on the assumption that pedestrians are ambul…