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In this paper, we study the use of elevators during the time of emergency evacuation. We review the State-of-the-Art and analyze the risks, benefits, and safety measures associated with the use of elevators during hazardous situations. In the end, we discuss some open issues related with the use of elevators in emergency evacuation and propose a smart agent-based elevator system (SABES) along with some research directions towards safer, more responsive, and reliable usage of elevators based on the emergency context.
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Work partially supported by the Autonomous Region of Madrid (grant “MOSI-AGIL-CM” (S2013/ICE-3019) co-funded by EU Structural Funds FSE and FEDER), project “SURF” (TIN2015-65515-C4-4-R (MINECO/FEDER)) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
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Khalid, Q., Lujak, M., Fernández, A., Doniec, A. (2019). On the Use of Elevators During Emergency Evacuation. In: Rodríguez, S., et al. Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions, 15th International Conference. DCAI 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 801. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99608-0_17
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