As a fusion of various emerging digital technologies, the Metaverse aims to build a virtual
shared digital space. It is closely related to extended reality, digital twin, blockchain, and …

Collecting pedestrian behaviour data is vital to understand pedestrian behaviour. This
systematic review of 147 studies aims to determine the capability of contemporary data …

Exit choice is vital to pedestrians' survival during evacuations. This paper presents the
results of a VR experiment and a field experiment to study pedestrian exit choice behaviour …

Building evacuation strategies directly affect the success of an emergency response plan in
reaction to a disastrous event in a building. Evacuation alternatives result from applying time …

The role of data-driven approaches in studies of crowd behaviour has received an
unprecedented recognition in recent years. As a result, the size of the empirical crowd …

Evacuation is critical for safety management due to the highly overcrowded passengers in
the metro stations. A simulation-based approach integrating Random Forest (RF) and Non …

Evacuation is a critical issue at metro stations, where damage, or even death, could be
caused due to unexpected accidents if without proper evacuation. Multi-objectives are often …

During ship emergencies, a reliable and efficient evacuation system is able to guide
passengers to the appropriate muster stations as quickly as possible. The majority of the …

Route turning is one of the most essential and ubiquitous physical features in the complex
building environment. Under the influence of route turning, evacuees' approaching …

Abstract The Hackitt Report into the tragic loss of 72 lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, identified
failures and poor practices associated with the UK construction industry. To address these …