An analytical method to calculate station evacuation capacity

• Published in: Journal of Central South University Vol. 21; no. 10; pp. 4043 - 4050
• Main Authors: Xu, Xin-yue, Liu, Jun, Li, Hai-ying, Zhou, Yan-fang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Central South University 01.10.2014
• Subjects: Engineering; Metallic Materials; queuing network; subway station; service level; evacuation capacity; genetic algorithms; optimal routing

The major objective of this work was to calculate evacuation capacity and solve the optimal routing problem in a given station topology from a network optimization perspective where station facilities were modelled as open finite queueing networks with a multi-objective set of performance measures....