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Augmented Reality for Fire Evacuation Research: An A’WOT Analysis

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Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2021)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ((LNNS,volume 418))

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One of the most important disaster management strategies for reducing the impact of man-made and natural risks on building inhabitants is evacuation. Building evacuation readiness and efficacy have been improved using a variety of current technology and gamification concepts, such as immersive virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). These technologies have been used to study human behavior during building crises and to train people on how to handle evacuations. AR is a cutting-edge technology that can help increase evacuation performance by giving virtual content to building inhabitants. The goal of this research is to identify and prioritize the fundamental features of AR as a research tool for human fire behavior. The hybrid multi-criteria decision approach A'WOT is used in this investigation. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) techniques are combined in this method. This approach can be used to identify and prioritize the elements that affect a system's operation. As a consequence of this research and the use of the A'WOT technique, the fundamental factors of AR technology were identified and prioritized.

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The authors would like to express their gratitude to the experts for their important input. In addition, El mostafa Bourhim wants to thank, in particular, the patience, care and support from lamya Taki over the passed years. Will you marry me?

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  1. Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), Auburn, WA, USA

    Ajith Abraham

  2. Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), Auburn, WA, USA

    Niketa Gandhi

  3. Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Olten, Switzerland

    Thomas Hanne

  4. Department of Computer Science and information Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Tzung-Pei Hong

  5. Federal University of Bahia, Ondina, Brazil

    Tatiane Nogueira Rios

  6. Nantong University, Nantong Shi, Jiangsu, China

    Weiping Ding

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Bourhim, E.M. (2022). Augmented Reality for Fire Evacuation Research: An A’WOT Analysis. In: Abraham, A., Gandhi, N., Hanne, T., Hong, TP., Nogueira Rios, T., Ding, W. (eds) Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. ISDA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 418. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96308-8_25

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