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Title: Context-BasedMulti-Agent Recommender System, Supported on IoT, for Guiding the Occupants of a Building in Case of a Fire
Authors: Neto, J.
Morais, A.J.
Gonçalves, R.
Leça Coelho, A.
Keywords: multi-agent systems;recommender systems;context-based recommender systems;IoT— Internet of Things;fire building evacuation;ontologies;occupant behavior conditioning;building occupant guidance
Issue Date: 26-Oct-2022
Publisher: MDPI
Citation: https://doi.org/ 10.3390/electronics11213466
Abstract: Abstract: The evacuation of buildings in case of fire is a sensitive issue for civil society that also motivates the academic community to develop and study solutions to improve the efficiency of evacuating these spaces. The study of human behavior in fire emergencies has been one of the areas that have deserved the attention of researchers. However, this modeling of human behavior is difficult and complex because it depends on factors that are difficult to know and that vary from country to country. In this paper, a paradigm shift is proposed which, instead of focusing on modeling the behavior of occupants, focuses on conditioning this behavior by providing real-time information on the most efficient evacuation routes. Making this information available to occupants is possible with a solution that takes advantage of the growing use of the IoT (Internet of Things) in buildings to help occupants adapt to the environment. Supported by the IoT, multi-agent recommender systems can help users to adapt to the environment and provide the occupants with the most efficient evacuation routes. This paradigm shift is achieved through a context-based multi-agent recommender system based on contextual data obtained from IoT devices, which recommends the most efficient evacuation routes at any given time. The obtained results suggest that the proposed solution can improve the efficiency of evacuating buildings in the event of a fire; for a scenario with two hundred people following the system recommendations, the time they take to reach a safe place decreases by 17.7%.
URI: https://repositorio.lnec.pt/jspui/handle/123456789/1015423
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