TY - GEN
T1 - Reducing the environmental impact of new construction projects through general purpose building design and multi-agent crowd simulation
AU - Ekron, Kieron
AU - Bijker, Jaco
AU - Ehlers, Elize
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper presents a two stage process for using intelligent agent technology in designing space-efficient buildings in order to reduce their environmental impact. An environment editor for designing new construction projects is described, followed by a microscopic crowd simulation model that is used to test the operational efficiency of the designed building. Each member of the crowd is represented as an intelligent agent, which allows for more complex goal-directed behaviour, which in turn leads to more realistic crowd behaviour. Crowd simulations can be used to detect potential problem areas, as well as identify areas that may safely be made smaller.
AB - This paper presents a two stage process for using intelligent agent technology in designing space-efficient buildings in order to reduce their environmental impact. An environment editor for designing new construction projects is described, followed by a microscopic crowd simulation model that is used to test the operational efficiency of the designed building. Each member of the crowd is represented as an intelligent agent, which allows for more complex goal-directed behaviour, which in turn leads to more realistic crowd behaviour. Crowd simulations can be used to detect potential problem areas, as well as identify areas that may safely be made smaller.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=81855220884&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-25044-6_37
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-25044-6_37
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81855220884
SN - 9783642250439
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 460
EP - 471
BT - Agents in Principle, Agents in Practice - 14th International Conference, PRIMA 2011, Proceedings
T2 - 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA 2011
Y2 - 16 November 2011 through 18 November 2011
ER -