Authors: Samuel Rodriguez, Nancy M. Amato

Venue: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509502
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Abstract:
In this work, we present a formulation of an evacuation planning problem that is inspired by motion planning and describe an integrated behavioral agent-based and roadmap-based motion planning approach to solve it. Our formulation allows users to test the effect on evacuation of a number of different environmental factors. One of our main focuses is to provide a mechanism to investigate how the interaction between agents influences the resulting evacuation plans. Specifically, we explore how various types of control provided by a set of directing agents effects the overall evacuation planning strategies of the evacuating agents. 

@inproceedings{Rodriguez-bep-2010, 
 author = {Rodriguez, Samuel and Amato, Nancy M}, 
 booktitle = {2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation}, 
 organization = {IEEE}, 
 pages = {350--355}, 
 title = {Behavior-based evacuation planning}, 
 year = {2010} 
}