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    • Computer Science
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Operations Research

    Background:

    • Evacuation path optimization (EPO) is critical for crowd and disaster management.
    • Dynamic evacuee velocity makes EPO NP-Hard, and finding multiple restricted paths adds complexity.
    • Existing methods struggle with simultaneous multi-path finding and computational efficiency.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel approach for efficient and simultaneous multi-path evacuation planning.
    • To address the NP-Hard nature of dynamic evacuation path optimization.
    • To improve the computational efficiency of crowd evacuation planning.

    Main Methods:

    • An Ant Colony Evacuation Planner (ACEP) simulating crowd behavior with cooperative ants.
    • A novel solution construction strategy where the ant colony finds multiple paths concurrently.
    • An Incremental Flow Assignment (IFA) method for step-by-step evacuee allocation to enhance efficiency.

    Main Results:

    • ACEP effectively finds multiple, simultaneously restricted evacuation paths.
    • The cooperative ant colony approach enhances the discovery of evacuation routes.
    • The IFA method significantly improves the computational efficiency of the evacuation planner.

    Conclusions:

    • ACEP presents a promising solution for complex evacuation path optimization problems.
    • The cooperative strategy and IFA method offer significant improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.
    • This approach enhances crowd and disaster management capabilities through optimized evacuation planning.