A maritime safety on-board decision support system to enhance emergency evacuation on ferryboats |
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| Authors: | Peiman Alipour Sarvari Metin Celik Alp Ustundag Bilal Ervural |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Information Technology, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg;2. Department of Marine Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey;3. Department of Industrial Engineering, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Planning emergency evacuation operations in a proactive manner in public marine transportation systems is a critical success factor for passenger and crew safety. Despite the fact that there is a growing attention on safety issues for marine transportation systems, providing a real-time decision support for evacuation planning under different emergency conditions has not yet been addressed. In this context, this paper contributes to the related literature by providing a comprehensive methodology including simulation and statistical analysis along with a three-module decision support system (DSS) for ferryboat emergency evacuation. Emergency evacuation and fire environment are simulated via Maritime EXODUS V5.1 and SMARTFIRE V4.3, respectively. The methodology is applied to a real-life Ro-Ro ferry, and the results not only revealed significant factors on emergency evacuation performance, but also demonstrated the validity of the developed decision support system. |
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| Keywords: | Marine transportation ferryboat emergency evacuation simulation decision support system |
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