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Impact of Leader-Follower Behavior on Evacuation Performance: An Exploratory Modeling Approach

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Different leader-follower behaviors may be observed in models, such as group gathering, backtracking, and changing between groups. However, a comparison of these behaviors resulting in possible substantially different estimates of optimal evacuation procedures is lacking. Hence, we developed an agent-based model in combination with exploratory modeling to compare backtracking, group gathering, and followers changing leaders and investigate their influence on the evacuation and response time. The simulation results showed that backtracking and changing of groups increased the evacuation time. Whereby group gathering increase the response time. In addition, the combination of behaviors increases the influence on evacuation and response time. Further research needs to test these results with empirical studies and investigate the impact of other leader-follower behavior. The found insights may be utilized in evacuation research for modeling this behavior and they provide a valuable basis for designing policies in buildings with a high distribution of leader-follower groups.

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  1. Faculty of Technology Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands

    Jakob Irnich, Natalie van der Wal & Willem Auping

  2. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, Netherlands

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Irnich, J., Wal, N.v.d., Duives, D., Auping, W. (2023). Impact of Leader-Follower Behavior on Evacuation Performance: An Exploratory Modeling Approach. In: Squazzoni, F. (eds) Advances in Social Simulation. ESSA 2022. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34920-1_13

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