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Guidelines for assessing pedestrian evacuation software applications
This paper serves to clearly identify and explain criteria to consider when evaluating the
suitability of a pedestrian evacuation software application to assess the evacuation
process of a building. Guidelines in the form of nine topic areas identify different
modelling approaches adopted, as well as features / functionality provided by
applications designed specifically for simulating the egress of pedestrians from inside a
building. The paper concludes with a synopsis of these guidelines, identifying key
questions (by topic area) to found an evaluation