Human behavior during earthquakes and post-earthquake evacuation is crucial to
earthquake safety. Understanding decision-making processes may explain why people …

The type and relative position of evacuation signage to evacuees' location can affect their
likelihood to understand and comply with the information provided. To address this issue, a …

The use of virtual reality in human behavior in fire research has the advantage of being able
to produce results comparable to more traditional laboratory or field experiments. This …

Different virtual reality (VR) experimental tools and equipment are available for evacuation
research, ranging from highly immersive systems such as cave automatic virtual …

The forensic investigation of human behavior in fires can benefit from a first-hand
perspective of what happened during the fire. Complementing the on-site investigation and …

Decision-making in residential fires can be difficult to study in an experimental setup. Virtual
reality could be a way to expose participants to a residential fire scenario and collect data on …

Eye tracking technology can help to explore user psychology and is widely used in design
evaluation, user gaze and behavior analysis. In this paper, we propose a new method to …

Human behavior in an emergency situation is the starting point for all evacuation planning
projects. A better understanding of the decisions made by the occupants during an …

Social learning (learning from others) can be a cost-effective way of gaining information
compared to asocial (independent) learning. However, learning from others indiscriminately …

As tall buildings and deep underground structures around the world increase in both
numbers and complexity, the issues with evacuation of such structures, eg, fatigue during …