Agent-based priority fire evacuation simulationAbstract— In the event of a fire, the safe and healthy evacuation of people from a complex or multi-storey building is given the highest priority to protect human lives. Numerous case studies, simulations and virtual reality systems have been developed in the past to outline safer evacuation methodologies. Most evacuation models, including relevant simulations and virtual reality systems developed so far, are mainly used to educate and guide residents of complexes and high-rise buildings how to follow the safest exit in the event of a fire. But such methodologies suffer from the caveat that it is not possible to train all people who have never visited the building before. In case such an accident occurs, it becomes very difficult to evacuate visitors and other people who are not familiar with the layout of the building. Agent-based technology can mimic human presence in different locations and assess disaster intensity at specific and respective locations. This approach can effectively help devise different evacuation plans based on prioritizing those near the disaster spot. It can also control the problem of people congestion at some exit points during evacuation, especially for those buildings which have few exit points. We are committed to proposing the design of an agent-based decision support system (DSS) for a fast and prioritized evacuation methodology during fire incidents. A case study-based simulation was performed to evaluate the efficiency of the proposed priority evacuation. Keywords: Decision Support System, Multi-Agent Based System, Disaster Management System...... middle of paper ......hrotra, Nalini Venkatasubramanian, “Multi-Agent Simulation of Disaster Response”, AAMAS ACM May 2006[17] Joseph L. Smith, “Agent-Based Simulation of Human Movements During Emergency Facility Evacuations,” Applied Research Associates, Inc., USA[18] Power, D. J. A Brief History of Support Systems to decisions. DSSResources.COM, World Wide Web, http://DSSResources.COM/history/dsshistory.html, version 2.8, May 31, 2003[19] Fiedrich, F. and P. Burghardt, 2007. “Agent-based Systems for Disasters Management”, Communications of the ACM, 50(3), pp.41-42..[20] SB Eom et al. “A Survey of Decision Support System Applications (1988-1994)” The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 49, no. 2 (February 1998), pp. 109-120[21] Fiedrich, F. and P. Burghardt, 2007. Agent-based systems for disaster management, Communications of the ACM, 50(3), pp.41-42.