Comportements de mobilité en cas de crise sismique à Beyrouth (Liban)

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Mesure de la vulnérabilité sociale au séisme : une analyse de deux quartiers de Beyrouth

Modelling the Tactical Behaviour of the Australian Population in a Bushfire

This paper is concerned with the development of an agent-based model of population behaviour during a bushfire, to form the basis of a simulator that will be used as a decision-support tool for emergency managers. To ensure the validity of the simulation results, it is essential that the model, and the underlying agent architecture, are as realistic as possible. After providing some context about recent bushfires in Victoria, Australia, we justify the need for a BDI (belief, desire, intention) agent architecture. Although some tools exist to support the integration of such agents in simulations, they are infrequently used. We therefore show how an existing methodology for modelling military…

Risk perception and social vulnerability to earthquakes in Beirut (Lebanon)