A Virtual Reality Exit Choice Experiment to Assess the Impact of Social Influence and Fire Wardens in a Metro Station Evacuation

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dc.contributor.authorLu S
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez M
dc.contributor.authorFeng Z
dc.contributor.authorPaes D
dc.contributor.authorDaemei AB
dc.contributor.authorVancetti R
dc.contributor.authorMander S
dc.contributor.authorMandal T
dc.contributor.authorRao KR
dc.contributor.authorLovreglio R
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-13T02:53:08Z
dc.date.available2025-06-13T02:53:08Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-19
dc.description.abstractAssessing evacuation time is a fundamental task in fire engineering. One of the key decisions made in evacuation dynamics is exit choice. In this work, we propose a new immersive virtual reality (VR) experiment to assess the effects of social influence and fire wardens’ instructions on the exit chosen. We also investigate if and how the perceived level of authority of the fire wardens (i.e., metro staff members or firefighters) can affect these decisions. The proposed immersive VR experiment includes 12 different scenarios during a fire evacuation in an underground metro station. A sample of 131 participants took part in the experiment, making 1048 choices. We estimate a discrete choice model to quantify if and how these factors affect the participants’ decisions. The results show that both instructions by fire wardens and social influence significantly affect exit choice and that the impact of fire wardens can change depending on their perceived level of authority.
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dc.identifier.citationLu S, Rodriguez M, Feng Z, Paes D, Daemei AB, Vancetti R, Mander S, Mandal T, Rao KR, Lovreglio R. (2025). A Virtual Reality Exit Choice Experiment to Assess the Impact of Social Influence and Fire Wardens in a Metro Station Evacuation. Fire Technology.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10694-025-01746-6
dc.identifier.eissn1572-8099
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0015-2684
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/73043
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.publisher.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-025-01746-6
dc.relation.isPartOfFire Technology
dc.rights(c) 2025 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectDiscrete choice model
dc.subjectEvacuation
dc.subjectExit choice
dc.subjectFire safety engineering
dc.subjectHuman behaviour in fire
dc.subjectVirtual reality
dc.titleA Virtual Reality Exit Choice Experiment to Assess the Impact of Social Influence and Fire Wardens in a Metro Station Evacuation
dc.typeJournal article
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