This study deals with the evacuation of areas that involve people with disabilities.
A crowd evacuation model has been developed using the Cellular Automata (CA) parallel
computing tool. This model is capable of simulating and evaluating human behavior
and special features that exist when people with disabilities are included in the
process of evacuation. During the experimental process, the model simulates the evacuation
of a secondary school for disabled children in the prefecture of Xanthi. After attendance
and observation of an earthquake safety exercise organized by this school, the total
evacuation time is recorded. At the end of this study, the developed model is validated
on the basis of actual data and useful conclusions are drawn for the specific application
area. In addition, with the modification of the original data, the model is applicable
to every building case.
