China Safety Science Journal ›› 2025, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 134-141.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2025.06.1661

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Urban emergency evacuation path planning considering multi-path combination

SONG Yinghua1,2(), JING Wenxia1,2, LYU Wei1,2,**(), WANG Jinghui1,2, ZHAO Menghan1,2, LIN Haolan1,2   

  1. 1 China Emergency Management Research Center, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan Hubei 430070, China
    2 School of Safety Science and Emergency Management, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan Hubei 430070, China
  • Received:2025-02-07 Revised:2025-04-10 Online:2025-06-28 Published:2025-07-30
  • Contact: LYU Wei

Abstract:

In order to alleviate the potential congestion problem caused by the sharp increase in evacuation demand on a single shortest path, the multi-path combined evacuation planning scheme considering congestion factors was studied by using Geographic Information System (GIS), Dijkstra algorithm and Yen algorithm. Firstly, the Dijkstra algorithm and the Yen algorithm were used to calculate k shortest evacuation paths from multiple starting points to multiple endpoints. Then, the k shortest paths in each path set are combined with each other to form different evacuation path combination schemes. Finally, the traffic flow of the overlapping sections in the combined route was diverted to reduce congestion, and the optimal combination scheme of evacuation paths was identified. The simulation results show that through calculation, the number of the shortest evacuation paths between each starting and ending point and the total number of evacuation path combination schemes can be obtained. Considering the impact of overlapping sections on evacuation is more in line with the actual situation and can form the optimal combination scheme of evacuation paths.

Key words: combination scheme of evacuation routes, emergency evacuation, route planning, Dijkstra algorithm, overlapping road sections

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