%0 Generic %A Castle, CJE %C London, UK %D 2007 %F discovery:173456 %I UCL (University College London), Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL) %N 115 %T Guidelines for assessing pedestrian evacuation software applications %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/173456/ %X This paper serves to clearly identify and explain criteria to consider when evaluating thesuitability of a pedestrian evacuation software application to assess the evacuationprocess of a building. Guidelines in the form of nine topic areas identify differentmodelling approaches adopted, as well as features / functionality provided byapplications designed specifically for simulating the egress of pedestrians from inside abuilding. The paper concludes with a synopsis of these guidelines, identifying keyquestions (by topic area) to found an evaluation. %Z Imported via OAI, 7:29:01 20th Jun 2007