Employing validation and verification tests as an integral part of evacuation model development.

Enrico Ronchi, Daniel Nilsson, Oliver Zechlin, Wolfram Klein, Hermann Mayer

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The definition of Validation and Verification (V&V) tests for analysing evacuation model capabilities is the object of a large debate among researchers given the lack of an international standard. Four main types of tests have been reported in the literature, 1) component testing, 2) functional verification, 3) qualitative verification and 4) quantitative validation. An important issue relates to the stage in which the V&V procedure is employed. In fact, the listed four forms of V&V can be performed in two different stages, namely 1) after the model is built or 2) as an integral part of the model building process. The present study presents an example of the second strategy, i.e., the use of the V&V tests as an integral part of the model building process. Examples are made in order to demonstrate the need for dedicated tests in relation to the type of model when adopting this strategy. A set of experimental data collected at the Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety at Lund University (Sweden) has been employed to evaluate the capabilities of an evacuation model and provide guidance on its development. This was possible performing V&V tests for which experimental data are generally scarce, i.e. quantitative validation. Results are used to identify the advantages deriving from the use of quantitative validation tests during the design stage of a model and assess some of the key aspects that need to be addressed in models which are not included in current V&V tests/procedures.
Originalspråkengelska
Titel på värdpublikationThirteenth International Interflam Conference
FörlagInterscience Communications Ltd
Sidor979-990
ISBN (tryckt)978-0-9556548-9-3
StatusPublished - 2013
EvenemangInternational Interflam Conference, Interflam 2013 - Royal Holloway College, London, Storbritannien
Varaktighet: 2013 juni 242013 juni 26
Konferensnummer: 13

Konferens

KonferensInternational Interflam Conference, Interflam 2013
Land/TerritoriumStorbritannien
OrtLondon
Period2013/06/242013/06/26

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