Volume 54

A Structured Evacuation Simulator Framework for Federation Strategy during Flood Disasters Kei Hiroi, Akihito Kohiga, Sho Fukaya, Yoichi Shinoda

Abstract

This paper proposes a structured evacuation simulator framework that incorporates various factors influencing evacuation behavior during flood disasters. The framework aims to advance the development of cyber-physical systems for disaster damage by simulating multiple factors, emphasizing their interaction, and incorporating information factors. The proposed framework consists of four main components: the main loop, module sets, variable blocks, and interactions with the external environment. The main loop controls the state of the evacuees and represents their state transitions. The psychological and environmental variables representing the evacuees’ state and situation are stored in the variable blocks, and the module sets describe the rules for updating these variables. The proposed framework adopts a federation strategy to realize interaction with other simulators and systems. By integrating the knowledge from previous evacuation simulation research and adapting to a society with advanced information technology, this study contributes to the development of comprehensive and dynamic evacuation simulators for flood disasters. The proposed structured evacuation simulator framework offers flexibility and extensibility in modeling evacuation behavior, facilitating the analysis and planning of evacuation strategies in the context of cyber-physical systems for disaster damage reduction.

Keywords flood disaster, structured evacuation simulation, federation system