TY - GEN
T1 - Simulating the behavior of building occupants using multi-agent narratives
T2 - 15th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2017
AU - Schaumann, Davide
AU - Breslav, Simon
AU - Goldstein, Rhys
AU - Khan, Azam
AU - Kalay, Yehuda E.
N1 - Funding Information: This research was made possible by the generous support of the European Research Council grant (FP-7 ADG 340753). We are also grateful to the medical staff of the Orthopaedics division of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and to the medical staff who collaborated with us, for their availability, knowledge, and support. Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Building Simulation Conference Proceedings. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In architectural design it is of cardinal importance to anticipate how people will use a building prior to its construction and occupation. Conventional multiagent simulation methods represent occupant movement and activities to assess the day-to-day performance of households and office buildings. In these environments, behavior is usually driven by individual schedules or comfort-related actions. In other kinds of settings, such as hospitals, airports, or factories, behavior is driven by codified sets of collaborative procedures which dynamically adapt to the spatial and social context. To address these building types, we propose a narrative-based approach whereby a variety of behavior patterns involving multiple occupants can be simulated and visualized. A scheduling method coordinates the narratives using Operations Research techniques. The method is demonstrated through a preliminary study, which involved collecting data in an existing hospital environment, modeling narratives computationally, and simulating them in an abstracted layout of a generic hospital ward.
AB - In architectural design it is of cardinal importance to anticipate how people will use a building prior to its construction and occupation. Conventional multiagent simulation methods represent occupant movement and activities to assess the day-to-day performance of households and office buildings. In these environments, behavior is usually driven by individual schedules or comfort-related actions. In other kinds of settings, such as hospitals, airports, or factories, behavior is driven by codified sets of collaborative procedures which dynamically adapt to the spatial and social context. To address these building types, we propose a narrative-based approach whereby a variety of behavior patterns involving multiple occupants can be simulated and visualized. A scheduling method coordinates the narratives using Operations Research techniques. The method is demonstrated through a preliminary study, which involved collecting data in an existing hospital environment, modeling narratives computationally, and simulating them in an abstracted layout of a generic hospital ward.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85107329991
U2 - 10.26868/25222708.2017.496
DO - 10.26868/25222708.2017.496
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Building Simulation Conference Proceedings
SP - 1735
EP - 1744
BT - 15th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2017
A2 - Barnaby, Charles S.
A2 - Wetter, Michael
Y2 - 7 August 2017 through 9 August 2017
ER -