1. Existing Simulator

2. Limitations Static Scenario, no crisis scenario
Assumption: every agent knows everything
No different roles
No room for IT solutions
No interaction between agents

3. Simeva: a testbed for IT solution
A platform to test effectiveness of information technology solutions for crisis response
Dynamic scenario, driven by Crisis simulation
Multi-roles autonomous agents
Floor Warden, General Public, Fire Fighter, …
Information technology incorporated
Agents could either be controlled by computer programs or alternatively by human participants.

11. Map representation

12. Agent’s Position
It is necessary to keep trace of the Position of an Agent mainly in two situations:
When the Agents starts the assigned Evacuation Plan, he could be everywhere inside a room, so the distance between the Agent and each door of the room has to be calculated
In his way towards the Exit, the Agent could change his mind or he could receive an Information with an updated Evacuation Plan; also in this case the distance between the Agent and the new door he has to pass through has to be calculated

13. Example 1

14. Example 2

15. Alghoritms
Which alghoritm should be used to compute the best path for an Agent?
It is correct to consider not only the distance, but also the occupancy: a path could be longer but faster due to a different occupancy
Possibilities:
Shortest-path
Min-Max Flow
Shortest-path which works not with distances, but with a factor which combines both the aspects (e.g. the ratio between the occupancy and the distance)

16. Alghoritms
In any case, different alghoritms should be assigned to different Agents: so an Agent could behave in a different way accordingly to the alghoritm through which his Evacuation Plan is calculated
The choice of the alghoritm should also depend upon the environment: for a building full of people, it could be reasonable to follow a Min-max flow model

17. Static Structure

18. Static Structure