The study of emergency response dynamic geographical process simulation based on the multi-agent

Abstract

Combining the Multi-Agent system (MAS) and GIS to simulate the human activity's dynamic geography process is a hotspot in currently research. High frequency of disasters has made the public safety emergency become the focus of attention. Modeling and simulation of emergency response can help people understand the dynamic complex process of it, and effectiveness and feasibility of emergency planning. But emergency response process involves many factors, so the model design and simulation system development face many difficulties. In this paper, through an experimental model we carried out the simulation to the large-scale emergency response. Based on the Repast and ArcGIS the simulation system prototype platform was established and more than 5,000 agents' interactions were analyzed. Experimental results show that multi-agent-based simulation is an effective way to assist emergency management, emergency planning and emergency response decision-making. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.