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EvaWeb: A Web App for Simulating the Evacuation of Buildings with a Grid Automaton

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In this Demo-Paper, we present EvaWeb, a Web Application for simulating the evacuation of buildings with a grid automaton. It is designed to support learning in the domain of mathematical modelling based on real-world problems. EvaWeb allows for 1) creating scenarios consisting of floor plans and persons within the environment, 2) loading and storing these scenarios to a text string, 3) automatically executing these scenarios, and 4) configuring the aesthetics and algorithms used during the execution. EvaWeb can be used online for free at https://evadid.it/eva2.

This research was supported by Deutsche Telekom Stiftung.

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    The text of the sports hall in Fig. 1 consists of 469 characters. This is less than one character for each of the 688 (=13*43) tiles and 40 sprites in the same scenario.

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  1. University of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    André Greubel, Hans-Stefan Siller & Martin Hennecke

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Greubel, A., Siller, HS., Hennecke, M. (2021). EvaWeb: A Web App for Simulating the Evacuation of Buildings with a Grid Automaton. In: De Laet, T., Klemke, R., Alario-Hoyos, C., Hilliger, I., Ortega-Arranz, A. (eds) Technology-Enhanced Learning for a Free, Safe, and Sustainable World. EC-TEL 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12884. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86436-1_48

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